To see if Golly Gollan had put a new gag into his triumph of foolery — Gollan who had been rescued from a life on the road by a
daring manager, and had been given his chance and had taken it.
Does it mean Golly Gollan was going to die and his manager had rescued him? Or he had a life passing on the road?
Best Answer
On the road is an idiom, and it can mean
It's not easy to determine which meaning the author intends. The context is that of a theatre production, so Gollan could have been rescued from a life as an actor on tour (with the result that he stayed in London) or, more drastically, from a life of wandering as a vagabond. Probably the first case.