Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1880-02-05

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Observation-Disclosures Gtobe.
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= Tnrr nsp. On Ynr STAGE
That's what you fe silef. sssa III. ..
A. GraveF, the eourteons stage mana-
ger Of HaverIy's Brooklyn theatre, to :
Star reporter. aHow d. actors die On
the stage. In various ways, should
say: from a great many causes, or from
no causes al ell. In shooting scenes.
young and inexperienced actors will
lall before you see the fash or hear the
report OF the pistol shot. To stand
without tlinching while pistol Is aimed
at you is not very easy. Ia our early
days we fred cork balls Al each other.
to overcome our nervousness. Shoot
ing accidents are numerous on the
stage. ! need not remind you OF the
latest fatal case in Baltimore. Once
We took six muskets from the property
room and found slugs in every one Of
them.
.'..As. to myself | have suffered ell
manners of death, 6guraiive, in the past
twenty-five years. This is the first
season in that long period that am not
acting. There were heavy pieces in
which ! had to die every night for
weeks. do not approve or Salvini' :
death scenes. nor OF the hospital atmos-
phere on the stage. Death from cor
rosise poison is preceded by excrucia-
ting pains. Are they ft subject for
illustration w. Goodall personated al
Bafnum's Museum q drunkard suffer-
ing from delirium tremens. He was
seized with spasms and was carried of
the stage, utterly exhausted. HIS rep
resentation OF bis celebrated character
Of Edward Middleton, the. Drunkard.
was too realistic and rePuIsive to the
audience.
Consumption on the stage has not
spread much on this side OF the Allan
tic. Clara Morris has her peculiar
cough as Lady Of the Camelias. Ma
tilda Heron surpas>es her in that char
acter. In Jack Sheppard occurs .
scene where cloth is thrown over q
mans head and two rufiians club him
to death. The cloth is getting satura-
ted with blood. The spectators oDiec-
ted to so brutal an exhibition, and now
the bludgeons do their work of the
stage. OF . dozen men shot in play,
each one will act and die different
ly.
''At the old Park theatre, under Mrs.
Conway's management, swung from
the limb of tree on the stage and pre-
vented the commission Of murder.-
The VILLAIN ia the piece has inveigled q
girl into mountain glen, where he
had already dug q grave fer her. !
hear her cries tor help while standing
on the top Of cliff twenty feet high.
and grasping the limb Of tree | swing
down, rescue the girl, and with ter.
rife blow Of The spade, padded on the
back, kill the villain. At the rehearsal
discovered detective spot in .be
sapiing which vas 10 enable the reseuer
to make bis descent.
81 pointed out the weak part TO the
carpenter, who entered into an argn.
meat and claimed that the hickory was
strong enough to hold an elephant. To
put il to a test. ran up to the cliff and
swung down. The sapIIng did break
at the point I had indicated, and / fell
down, but landed safely on my. feet
Next time another sspling snapped, and
Collin Stuart broke his arm. Death BY
hanging is q frequent occurrence on the
stage. was led to gaIlows many times,
for instance, in the Carpenter Of Rou-
en- and in Jessie Brown by Bouci-
cauls. Yves York Star inteTr;ew.