Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-11-10
EVENING STAR.
Death az tho RsetIIxnts
AYERS WHOSE INTENSITY WAS =
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tne EoOtttEnfN-
PLAYERS WHOSE INTENSITY WAS TOO
TkkRIBLY RIAL
1nooedtes fbat t0,re Tragedies In iced --Souse
29oN Inc eSffsaD Fucfs goT The SiJ iesi's az tas
Pathology Of me Human Mind.
Tire simulated bat terribly realistic death
OF Edwin BooLh In his personation of Rich
aIo III calls 10 mind the many cases IN
Snicn oeatn, or al least Its sudden approach,
feeling. More than one Roman trasaaisn
dled on Tbs stage, and the history OF the more
moot m Drama affords numerous cases In
point Ine most notable OF these 10 that OF
TIE actor John Palmer. He had a wife aud
eight CHILDREN, 10 whom he was deSoted;y
stlscheo, and when Mrs Palmer aud ia
vOrite son suddenly died, the shock 80 al
feeted his nervous system tnat his grief
never could be shaken od. On the p OF
August, IlsS, be was playing at Liverpool
sons translation OF The Stranger" To- tue
fourth act be had answered: IL love her
still." 20 the query OF Baron Steinfort, repre-
seDtiDa his wife; and then 10 the question
10 his children he gave reply: al LETT them At
small town hard by" but the words, feel
iLgiy uttered, bad scarcely escaped his lips
when he fell dead st the bsron's (Whitneldl
feet.
While scting Rosslind on the sth OF May.
leS,, Peg W ellington was paralyZ 81 on ut
teilng The words IN the eptiogus, ard kiss
me-"
Moliere. while acting the sick man In the
well kpowb" Mslsde lmaglnaire' Ga the 4th
light OF The run, became percepti biz weak
AID III. when he came 10 the place yyher.
he WAS supposed TO fall deal on toe stage n.
acted The part so naturally IN at The al ilpnce
became alarmed. Tue actor was picked up
al O carried 10 his home IN the Rue che
lieu. AID before his friends even c,uIt ne
summoned he expired.
MOODY, the act1r, was performing Claudio
In Measure for Measure" Whea Isa oelIa
commanded him 10 prepare for execution
aid be began TO answer, "Ah! but TO die aud
10 60 we know not where" he suddenly faint
ed and died before he could be carried from
tie stage.
In 1777, Samuel Foote was seized with par
ally sis while acting In his comedy, '.The
Devil Upon Two Sticks" He rallie now
ever, spent The summer At Brighton, and was
subsequently, ordered by his physicians to
France. While at Dover, en- route, ne was
seized with shivering tt. He oreathed his
last on the afternoon OF the 2lst of October OF
The great Edmund Kesn, too, may be said
TO have died in armor. His last appearance
was In the character OF OtheLo, and In tue
passage beginning 'On, nov forever fare.
well The tranquil mind" his voice aud ar
ticulation gradually died away, and ne
EhlspeIed 10 hls sou, "Spesk to them,
Harley did not a. tually die on the stage,
but be was conveyed from the theater in a
state ofinsensi oility after playing Lsuncelot
Gobbo, when he quoted Bottoms words, "i
have an exposition OF sleep come over me-"
snd from the time OF this utterance he was
speechless 10 the end.
Mrs. Glover was speechless on the occasion
OF her farewell heneft on the 18th OF July,
$40. She died on the 18th.
Clara Webster was fatally burned on the
stage OF Drury Lane Theater during the bal
let.
Gottscbalk, the great pianist, fell dead
while performing his favorite composition,
At Bath, in September, 1874, Miss Maria
Linley expired while singing" 81 Kao Y tn At
Cummings, the actor, fell dead on the stage
June 20, ISL, while performing the part OF
Dumont, In Rowe's tragedy, "Jane Shore"
just as be had uttered the closing words OF
the piece:
Be witness for me, We celestial hosts.
| Such mercy and such pardon a. nv soul
Accords TO thee, and begs Of Heaven 10 show thee,
May such beiall me al my latest hour.
James Bland, the clever artist well known
| for his pleasing assumptions OF the mooarchs
in Planches extrsvaganzas, expired al the
stage door of the Strand Tneater, immsdi-
ateIy after entering for the purpose OF dis
charging his professional duties.
Mr.. Barrette, a talented actor of old mems
| parts, died In a cab that was conveying him
home, after be had played in farce aud
afterward dressed for Polinious.
James Rodgers may be said to have died
| Oil the stage in 1853. After ne was absolutely
| exhausted be still continued to exercise his
mil tn provoking powers. On the evening
| before his death be had struggled through
the part OF Efiie Dean In q ira vesty In the st.
James Thealer, ana on his return he was SO
utterly used up that he was unable 10 make
the effort 10 uLdress himselfin his ar N en- air
| till morning with his clothes on. The next
morning, thinking he bad in n meas are re-
| song he was goI 10 Introduce into the
| burlesque But as ne day advsnce1 he De
came SO weak aEo bTes with sue OFF
| 1culty that be felt compelled Uo send
| a uessge TO the Heater tnat he sho aid
be IN able to play. Clssping his wIfe's n and
| and turning To q friend, ne said with a feeble
| effort 10 cheer them with a smile, and IN hi :
| characteristic manner, "rne little ia file is
| over" and soon sfrerward exp ired.
| In the Holiday Street Theater. Baltimore,
on the evening Of October -, Is1t, Mr.. j Ohm
| Ferris playing the part Of George Talboys in
| LADY Audley's Secret" At the close OF the
| first act he said as he went off the stage, al
am feeling very badly; just feel my srm. i
| fear 1t 10 paralyZed," and when the time
| arrived for Ferris to make his temperance
| on the stage he told him 10 90 on and he
4 would feel better; he went on, bot began TO
| stagger around the stage so much that tia
| audience, thinking he was intoxicated,
| laughed and shouted. Miss Stella MSrti-
mer, who was playing Lady Audley, rushed
| toward him to push him into the well as
required by the play; but he said, Leave
| nehlone." She then saw that he was in a
| semi. conscious state, and that be was froth-
1 ing at the mouth. He was carried eli tue
| stage by several OF the other actors, and the
| curtain fell upon a scene OF great excitement.
| He died in his residence In less than four
| hours.-( San FrdncicO Chronicle.