The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1882-10-22
HamietIns street Clothes.

Maze Edwards, manager for Edwin Booth,
thus describes their appearance at Waterbury last
winter, trOnpeplayod without their costumes:
-" When found tho baggage with the costumes
had not arrived was Just going 10 throw myself into
the river, when thought would 60 and tell Mr.
Booth about 1t ana bid good bye of the people
who had always thought . good deal Of me before
killing myself. 10 my establishment Mr. Booth took
IL cOOlly. lie said, inasnuc AS the people were IN
the hall, he would make few remarks TO them about
the accident, and then they would go on and play
three acts of Hamlet In the clothes they had on.
Aud 50 II was fixed up that way.
- We'll, the thought ~ Hamlet In a short tailed
coat aud tight pants almost made me Sick aud when
Mr. Booth came on the stage looking Ike an EpiscO-
pal minister, with knight IemplaT's cheese knife
that lie had borrowed, couldn't think OF anything
but Hamlet. forgot all about hs clothes, aud be-
eyo hc had only had on pair Of sailor pants and
red flannel hrelnan's shirt that tho people would
only have seen Hamlet tell yon ho Is tho greatest
actor that lived. The people rat perfectly still
and seemed wrapped up IN Booth. That Is they were
when they did not look at the other fellows.
I" lint when they took In Laeres with short
han-tat coat on, pair Of la.de-dah pants, aud a
pancake hat, II seemed TO ma I could hear them
smile. Aud tho King, lIamets sopfather he was
q sight Imagine King with a cut-away CheOkered
coat Pullman car blanket thrown over his shoulder
for robe aud leg Of chair for a sceptTe, mashed
on queen win travelling dress and gray WOODEN
basque, with buttons on II. Aud think VI P0lOnus
with a linen dnster and straw hat with blue rib.
bon on Oh, Il made otired. Ophella Was all right
enough. She had some crazy clothes that She had
been travelling in, aud We got some straw out Of a
barn, aud some artificial nOwera oil the buuues, aud
she pulled through pretty we'll
Ghost. lie lad on Une Of those long hand me- down
ulster oyercOats with buckle IN the back az big as
currycomb, ana the belt was hanging down on both
sidos The boys got him green mosquito bar 10 put
over a., and with stuffed club Tor GcoptrO he fell
over chair aud then came on. I should have
laughed n had been ON my death-bd when lac said
10 Hamlet am thy fathers ghost lilo looked
more nke drummer Tor wholesale confectionery
house. with sort Of TN skinner on his head, and
believe the audience would nave gone wild with
laughter II ~ had not been for Mr. Booth / don't
believe you could eel him 70 laugh on tho stage for
million dollars. lilo Just looked at tho Ghost
As though II was genuine one, aud the audi
ence looked al Booth, AID forgot All about the ulster
and the Ghost pants being rolled up ~ tho bottom.
80 10 was probably tie greatest tripqph that an
actor ever had Tor Mr. Booth Ia compel tho ,ast
audience to forget tho udioTous surroundings ana
mink Only OF tie character hs WAS poTtraying. /
wOullu' haze missed tho night performance for
thousand dollars, aud when, a. ton O'Clock, l heard
the boys getting The trunks up stairs I was almost
sorry. Tho last two acts were played win the cos
tunob, but they we're no better performed than the
nrst. sun, think, on the whole, had rather tue
baggage would he there II makes "a manager fool
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