The sun., 1894-01-21

49, II prompter were suddenly to appear on
the stage with DALEY. he would be puzzled.
| In TACT. Iete tells a funny story OF how the
! show came near being demoraliaed while Civ.
Ing performance In Corvallis. Ore. on their
| individual. and lust before the performanc co
; asked Larry Sheehan, petes manager. IL he
s5S sny69i to hold The 50Hk
the rustic II he would obiig them in the matt
lie consented. and Larry hunted through the
which had long since been disca rded. There
Was prompt hox on the stage and whom the
curtain rose the company was astounded by
the appearance OF tho prompter They were
equal to the emergency. however. and rontin-
book. sheehan an stood in the wings wings and % co.ched
the prompter by telling him TO yell louder.
Soon the prompter, was shouting out the lines
80 that they could De heard all over the house.
to. get above him It inst psray5ed
and began to congratulate the players on heir
that It was all right. and got him to hold the
book during the second act. The prompter
took his place and the actors gpyed him until
he dronped TO their game and left the box.
Fred Williams. the veteran stage manager
OF the Lyceuni Theatre. Leealied an interesting g
PLAYING RichaTd iii. and had rsasSsd ] the the
senGers enter and inform Rchard OF the state
oil BucEUgtdm'S armT. The book reads thus:
p" N-''S,r. Ny gracious sovereign. now in Dew
As by friends am well advertised
s,b Sr hdrsra C"aItpsr s and -. nsuEhty prs.ss
With many more confederates are IN armL
S.-ri p,.,.g,, In Kent my iege. the Guiltsrd, ar.
Aud every hour more competitors
ftoek TO the rebels. and ihem power grows strong
., Tiri M'"rSc. Ny Lord ths army of great Buck
~; og. on y.; owls Nothing but songs OF
mere take thou thai. iii thou bring better u.ws
L'Ta ns;..g,s Tue new. nave TO tell your Majesty
BGcsGshams al army % Is SisPsr,ed @ d.. and 81 seastsid
Ana he himself vsnderd away alone
a hiet. cry thee mercy
iIs,h any wsifadvissd ifisSI pfociatnd
Reward 10 him that brings The traitor IN
Thiof hssrH1,' such proclamation hath been made
my hege.
The prom pter whose duty it was to send the
messengers flying on the stage. in his nervous
on rst. Booth discovered the mistake as soon
a. the messenger opened his mouth with My
grabbing him by the shoulders. showed him
SsSS say.ag NSf Sm ySt @ y%a IoS Ths
went through all right. Thea the prompter
having lost his head. started No. . again be-
fore No: 2. booth was wild, and hustled the
messenger back into the wings. No. went
on. and tlnally 1t real y became No. 3's turn to
enter. The poor fellow Was desperate, and
countenanco he exclaimed;
4, My lord IN the EARN army Of 9 G5eat buckingham Is
The audience. which had suffered the mis-
takes without break. now burst into pro-
longed laughter There came near being q
real tragedy afterwaTd behind the scenes
Another promptsr's error was told by Mr..
Williams II happened one night when We
were playing on the Western circuit with one
OF those old fashioned blood and thunder
melodramas called Mnaldo- Rinaldini.' said
he. At the end the hero, RH,dNo was sup
posed to be shot by 4 JuizIs. and died after
one OF those fenrfuly colyulsive death strug-
from @ the oTehestra. The iinSIs of tie seeonS SId
act WAS merry dance OF villagers to the air
Of Money Musk. Now. in arranging the
tranSposed, and when the finale in the second
act was reached the merry villagers trooped
on. and the orchestra started in TO plAy the
death GiTge of the hero. The curtain was rung
down and nandemonium reigned behind the
scenes. The error was Tertihed in few mo-
ments. but in the general confusion the
pIonpteT forgot to reaTrangs the music, aud
when the critical moment arrived when r.
i0fO was shot he began 10 die to the lively air
OF Money Musk Tho audience howled and
the mistake came near breaking up the show
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