text_original: Mr. Thornton was a sluggard, who complained most bitterly of the heartlessness of stage  managers and prompter's minions, who seemed to take a malicious delight in nailing cruel slips of paper to the door post of the Phoenix ; terrible man  dates, wherein the Full Band was called at ten ; " no ten minutes ; " the meaning of this last mysterious clause being that the ten minutes' grace which is usually accorded to the tardy performer shall on this occasion be cut off anc done away with.
text_transcription: MISTER THORNTON WAS A SLUGGARD WHO COMPLAINED MOST BITTERLY OF THE HEARTLESSNESS OF STAGE MANAGERS AND PROMPTERS MINIONS WHO SEEMED TO TAKE A MALICIOUS DELIGHT IN NAILING CRUEL SLIPS OF PAPER TO THE DOORPOST OF THE PHOENIX TERRIBLE MANDATES WHEREIN THE FULL BAND WAS CALLED AT TEN NO TEN MINUTES THE MEANING OF THIS LAST MYSTERIOUS CLAUSE BEING THAT THE TEN MINUTES GRACE WHICH IS USUALLY ACCORDED TO THE TARDY PERFORMER SHALL ON THIS OCCASION BE CUT OFF AND DONE AWAY WI
phonemes: mˈɪstɚ. θˈɔːɹntən wʌzɐ slˈʌɡɚd, hˌuː kəmplˈeɪnd mˈoʊst bˈɪɾɚli ʌvðə hˈɑːɹtləsnəs ʌv stˈeɪdʒ mˈænɪdʒɚz ænd pɹˈɑːmptɚz mˈɪnɪənz, hˌuː sˈiːmd tə tˈeɪk ɐ mɐlˈɪʃəs dᵻlˈaɪt ɪn nˈeɪlɪŋ kɹˈuːəl slˈɪps ʌv pˈeɪpɚ tə ðə dˈɔːɹ pˈoʊst ʌvðə fˈiːnɪks ; tˈɛɹᵻbəl mˈæn dˈeɪts, wˈɛɹɪn ðə fˈʊl bˈænd wʌz kˈɔːld æt tˈɛn ; " nˈoʊ tˈɛn mˈɪnɪts ; " ðə mˈiːnɪŋ ʌv ðɪs lˈæst mɪstˈɪɹiəs klˈɔːz bˌiːɪŋ ðætðə tˈɛn mˈɪnɪts ɡɹˈeɪs wˌɪtʃ ɪz jˈuːʒuːəli ɐkˈɔːɹdᵻd tə ðə tˈɑːɹdi pɚfˈɔːɹmɚ ʃˌæl ˌɔn ðɪs əkˈeɪʒən biː kˈʌt ˈɔf ˈæŋk dˈʌn ɐwˈeɪ wɪð.