The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-06-08
Anecdotes u The stage.

Lord Faulkner, the author Of the play
called "Thc Marriage Night, was chosen
while very young TO sit in parliament,
and when he was first elected some OF
the members opposed his admission,
urging that he had not s0wn ms VIVA
oats, "Thcn," he replied, ut viii De
the hest place TO gov them in the house,
where there afc 20 many geese to pick
them up" ,,n
Actors frequently find it difficult TO
remember their parts after Il " long run"
Whom "1lc Beggars' Opera" had been
played in London se'erty ddh times ga
great event in those days., Walker, The
ORIGINAL Capt, Machcath, one night for
pol the text. Halo !" cried Ritl,
s your memory ought to be good by this
timt,1 Ny mcmory's good enough
growlcd Walker, "but you cant expect
IL to last forever
Mrs. Siddohs was once very muclI
pleased with a voting actor who played
/ NoryaI" to her " Lady kanlolrhi.,
lint She told him that much as his tai
onta had impressed cr, che was too 1T
tie TO bccouiC 4 rreat actor" me pre-
diction was falsifcd, iof The little Nor
val" became the great Kcan,
When the king Of the Sandwich l'IahuS
was entertained ut a concert, he was
asked what instrument he preferred;
Ills majesty frankly confessed he liked
the drums better than any other i'Slr"'
mcnt In the orchestra,
In Il play OF which Cleopatra was ihc
heroine Vancauson, the celebrated maker
Of automatic, had been entrusted w'tni
| the manufacture of the asp, which Kissed
loudly AS the principal actress placed IT
At her breast. 4 critic being asked what
he thought Of the piece, replied ufylS'
" agree with the asp
A young author, offering a iVc'aC'
| tragedy to q manager, Described his WORK
thus: "My play il Il masterpiece IL
must be "A success, IA ! have tired tc
satisfy the public by making the 'Gt'2t
extremely tragic. All the characters dc
in the third act" "Thcn what person
ares occupy the stage during the last
two acts 2" inquired the manager, inc
ghosts Of those whom | killed in the
| third"
"IIorace" is the title Of one of Cor
n%ciIlc's tragedies, in which the heroine.
Camille. is murdered by the actor i'm
p%crsonating the title role. A celebrated
actress was playing Camille one night at
the Theatre Franchise, Paris, when, Just
before receiving her dcath-blow she
slipped and fell heavily on the stage.
Horace politely rushed forward, helped
her up, and then stabbed her.
Nine. Suzanne LAGER, a good actress
but extremely stout, was II night enact
ing Il part in n meIodrama with TaiIlade,
the original Pierre of "The Two Or
phans,' who thus had, at one moment,
to carry her r]ainling off the stage. lie
tried with all his might to lift the fat
heroine, but although she helped her
little comradc by standing on tiP.toe, in
the usual manner, he was unable to
move her an inch. At this %jnncture, a
boy in the gallery cried out, "TaEc what
you can, and come back for the rest ="
An actress, playing in a piece in
rhyme, had to begin a long speech with
these words; "Ill tell you about it
with all my heart, but her memory fail.
Ing her, she added quickly: "That Is
if you'll permit me to look at my part =
and cooIIy pulled Il manuscript from hen
pocket, she went on reading her lines.
One night a trombone player wished
to be absent from the orchestra in a New
York theatre, and as there was another
trombone, instead Of asking leave of the
leader, he rcsOrtcd to the eXpedicnt OF
getting a friend to 60 in and take hi.
seat. Watch the other trombone"
said he to his friend, "PutI out your
checks well, keep your fingers active,
look alive, and you will pass muster
All went right until a passage for two
tromboncs was reached. Not a sound
from the instrument was heard 1t
turned ont that two trombone-playera
had rcsOrtcd to the same ruse.