Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-06-14

MASKS and Faces" and Blanche in
"Ours." One evening in this play,
nearly killed poor Mrs. Bancroft, ! had
to go fooIing around with bayonet
and in fun had TO charge her. Whether
she moved to the right instead OF, as
usual, to the left, or whether l was
careless and made mistake, | don't
know, but / charged, and she instantly
called out that had pierced her arm.
Oh, dear, | was so frightened. l
think she has forgiven me since, but l
might have killed her, and then there
would have been no "Sweethearts," no
Jenny Northcut-that most lovely per
Torrance, which made me cry while |
was seeing it, and burst out again hours
afterward when | was having my sup
per at home-just the remembrance OF
| il.
From the Prince of Wales Theatre |
went TO the Court-then under the
management of Mr.. Hare. The
House of Darnley," Il posthumous play
of Lord Lytton, was the first piece |
played in. For some reason or another
it did not take any hold upon the public,
and Mr.. Hare then produced various
PLAYS In succession, among others "Vic-
Tins" lone of the earliest plays which
ridiculed the abuse of the aesthetic
crazel. and New Men and Old Acres. i"
This was put up as a stop gap TO Ill up
the time while rehearsing another play.
1t was not new play, but the public
| lust loved it, and it had Il long run TO
crowded houses
After this came OLIVIA" and every
one went Olivia mad! Mr.. Hare pro-
duced the play and stage managed 1t in
an absolutely perfect manner. The
whole thing was great success, and
the best success in it for me was that
Mr.. Irving heard | acted well in IT, and
little later on offered me an engage
ment when he took the Lyceum Theatre
under his own management.
AGAIN WITH IRVING.
In December, 1878, | acted once more
with Mr.. Irving. No Katherine and
and Petruchio this time, but Hamlet
and Ophela. 1t seems lifetime since
that night, the both of December, 1878.
For one reason ] have helped in about
thirty plays since then; the work has
been constant, my pleasure in the work
unbounded. | seem TO have made the
acquaintance Of and to know quite in
timately some noble people-Hamlet and
Ophelia, Portia, Benedick and Beatrice,
Romeo and Juliet, Viola, the Macbeths,
Charles |. and Mr.. Wills Henrietta,
Maria, "a pleasanter acquaintance than
the real original lady, | am sure). All
this makes me rejoice and wonder how
it is that I'm not superior person, /
have dwelt with such very good com
pany. 1t has been all sunshine, with
wee cloud here and there to give zest to
life. and my lines have been laid in
pleasant places. How terrible it must
be to have to do the work one abhors.
A holiday in view toward the end OF
hard working day is a treat to look Tor
ward to. l shall, perhaps, never again
experience in my life the excitement
and exhilaration of my first long sea
voyage. 1t was to America. lam not
a very good saior-nor very bad one
but oh, that voyage-the delight OF
it, Looking back now / am only sur
prised didn't either jump overheard,
murder the captain or hang myself TO
the top of the mainmast, out OF sheer
excitement and eXultation. Out OF door
life without fatigue acts magically; ii
brings strength and peace to me. AT
the present moment am thinking OF
my next holiday, and my memory" is
''straying" off to the fresh green fields
and dainty hedge rows.
ELLEN TERRY.