The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-05-05
Anecdotes of the stssg.

Lord Faulkner, the author of the pla!
called "The Marriage Night" was chosel
while very young, to sit in parliament
and when he was first elected some o
! tiis ffiehbefs opposed his admission, urg
ing that he had not s6wfi his uild oats
4" Then, +" he replied, 'it will he the bes
! way 70 Sow them in the house, where
there are 81 tAs'It geese to pick then
upw
Actors frequently find it difficult II
remember their parts after a "lOng run. .
When "The Beggars' Opera" had beer
| blayed in London seventy odd times "a
great event III those days., Walker, the
Original Captain Macheath, one night
! f;;fC5t the text. "HalIop cried Rich
your memof5 ought 20 be good by this
| time" my memory's good enough, "
srowIed Walker, "but you can't expect
, L IL last forever!'
Mrs. Siddois $ss once very much
pleased with young act6f %ho played
Norval" to her Lady Randolph :"
but she told him that much as his talents
had impressed her, che was too little TO
! become great actor" The prediction
was falsifed, for the little "NOrvap' be-
came the great Keah.
When the king of the Sandwich islands
was en:eftained at concert, he was
asked what instrument he preferred.
His majesty frankly confessed he liked
the drums better than any other instrG-
ment in the orchestra.
In a play in which Cleopatra" was
the heroine, Nancauson, the celebrated
maker of aiit0mata, had been intrusted
with the manufacture of the asp, which
hissed loudly as the principal actress
placed it at her breast. A critic being
asked what he thought of the piece, re-
piled dryIy, 81 agree with the asp"
A young author offering a fiveact
tragedy TO n manager, described his
work thus: "My play is a masterpiece;
It fntist be success, as have tried to
satisfy the public by making the action
extremely tragic. All the characters
die in the third act" "Then Whist
personages occupy the stage during the
last two acts?" inquired the manager.
''1hB ghosts of those whom i killed in
the third.
- Horace" is the title Of one of Cor
nei.le's tragedies, in which The heroine,
"Camille," is murdered by the actor i'm
personating the title role. A celebrated
actress was playing Camille" one
night at the theater Fancaise, Paris,
when; list before receiving her death
blow, she Slipped Hnd fell heavily on the
stage. Horace" politely rushed for
ward. helped her up, and then stabbed
her.
Madame Suzanne LAGER, good act
rgss, but extremely stout, was one night
enactifg part in a melodrama with
TaiIIade, the original Pierre" OF " The
Two Orphans" and thus had, at one mo-
ment, to carry her fainting off the stage
fat heroine, but although she helped her
little comrade by staHdfrg on tiptoe, in
the usual manner, he was tttsble 70
move her an inch. At this juncture
boy in the gallery cried out, Take
>shet yeu can, and come back tor the
rest .'
An actress, playing in - piece in
tf14nie, had to begin leng speech with
these #Ctds: :, III tell you about It with with
all my heart" but her memory failing
her.. she added quickly, "That IS, #
yort'.t terniit me to look at my part -
and pulling hi;;=t'uscript from her pock-
ct, she went on reading lief lines.
One night trombone player %ished
TO be absent from the orchestra in New
T6fk theater, and, as there was another
trombone, instead Of asking leave of the
leader, he resorted to the e.pedient of
getting friend to go in and take his
seat. "Watch the other trombone"
said he to his friend puff out your
cheeks we'll, keep your fingers active,
look alive, and you will pass muster" ="
All vReht right Until passage for two
trombones Vas IGdChsd. Not sound
from the Instruments was heard Is
turned out that both trombone players
Lad resorted to the same ruse.