The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-11-15
ALBERT EDWARD AT THE THEATRE.

Eng1and's Future King Hates to De
Paraded-The Royal Box.
The Royal box is booked in the usual
way Of business and charged to the MARI
borough House account. The price is not
increased from the ordinary library tariff,
and the stories about a nominal price or a
larger one being paid by royalty only exist
in the imagination of the papers who in
vent such tarradiddles.
Sometimes it happens that a box can
not be got at the particular theatre de-
cided upon. When this is the case it is
put nicely to the party who has booked
the Royal box if they could see their way
to obliging His ROYAL Highness, and the
result is, OF course, Invariably in the
affirmative. The Prince. however. is
very reluctant to have this done ana al
ways wishes that the party oblfging shall
be as little Inconvenience as possible, so
much SO. that when told that the box has
been conceded, he generally remarks:-
why did you disturb anybody an nay ac-
count. Icould have come here another
evening. Please see they are ehanked in
nv name" In the rare case of q refusal,
representation is made TO His Royal High
ness, and they try for a box at an other
theatre.
When he goes to a theatre it is his ex-
pressed desire TO be treated exactly the
anne as one OF the ordinary audience.
Little displays of flowers, bouquets. satin
programmes, ETC., are all very nice, but
Inc Prince does not care for them, aud
would much rather do without hem.
Another thing which annoys him is that
he should be drawn attention to by the
performance on his arrival of the Ma
tional Anthem, or God Bless the Prince
of Wales"
AS he said on one occasion, "Why
should the amusement of every member
or the audience be disturbed for my
sake?" This wa at the Olympic Theatre
during the run of Fun on the Bristol"
AS soon as the royal box became occu-
pied everybody was astonished to see the
orchestra suddenly stand up in the mid
die OF the performance and begin PLAYING
God Bless the Prince of Wales" or
course, the whole house rose en- 7ndsse,
every eye was directed to the royal box,
aud the applause was deafening. The
Prince Immediately left the box and de-
and an explanation. Mr.. Jarrett
arose and explained that it was only
the over.zealousness of a too patri-
otto band conductor. This con-
Guided the Incident, but it was accepted
as a precedent, and the same intimated
to the managers generally. This is why
you often hear the people say in a theatre
Ao VI IN U6ElOEL1dute
why, there is the Prince of Wales over
there in a box, and they never played
GOD Save the Queen What a shamer'
The Prince ALWAYS waits until the fiual
curtain has descended before rising to
leave. This is his i%nvarfable rule. So
much SO, that he has sat out the entire
h~arlequinade of a Drury Lane panto-
mime. There are three or four theatres
only where he ever breaks this rule.
Ihey are those house which have no royal
entrance, aud here the Prince anticipates
the final curtain by Two or three minutes,
so that his departure will not disturb the
carriage trains of the remainder of the
audience.
Immediately the Prince is announced to
nave visited a theatre the booking rises,
barometer-Hke, to a good heat. This is in
reference TO the booking public, but be-
| yond this when His Royal Highuess likes
a play he Invariably recommends it to all
his friends. In many other ways the
Prince is always thinking of the drama.
When he sees a benefit announced for
some well known artistic who has often
minisIered to his amusement, or some
poor player who has fallen on bad times,
he Immediately put his name down for
stalls or boxes to a substantial amount.
His Royal Highness was once on a visit
to Lord Suffieid to open the new tow
hall and a "Mascotte'' company was
doing very poor business at the local
theftre. Suddenly a rumor was floated
chat the Prince would patronize the per-
.ormanee on Friday night. A s~emblance
or truth was given to the rumor by the
manager ordering an awning to be
erected on the Wednesday. By Friday
morning every seat had been booked, but
OF course no royalty arrived, never hav-
ing intended to go.-The London Morn
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