The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-14


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"You do not mean without Mr. War
rington tooy''
why nots" no said. "Whnt has War
rington to dor Tho whole burden of the
pieco rests on mo-"
Momcntorily 1 was disDnycd Tho
GOODNESS of thu statemcnt struck mo as al
most conccitcd. Then 1 rculizod that 1
understood nothing about tho matter, and
that my companion know it ull 1T must
certainly DO tremendous strain" I
agreed.
you would say SO if you had seen mo
the first night. Nobody but IN actor
knows whit frlghtfully hard work big
part is"
Iio gave mo en- interesting account of
his experiences. I was astonishcd to learn
that it was years before his salary touched
tho point Of guincas II week.
II ran away from homo, and had
sworn to conquer" lie said, 'but it was n
terrible change to tho lfo had been USED
to-tcrriblo! Still 1 stuck to my profess
sion in the face Of moro discouragcments
and hardships than you can imagine.
shall never forgot the turning point Of my
career ''\
Tell INC" said
II was engaged for quito small business
49, - 'NNSf- O'hPhhS III IiulIUuTBI, uIlu III
one OF tho rchcarsals wo got u message to
say that tho loading man was too i'll to mp
pear that night. 1t was q tremendous
part. mny as well name it. 1t was Ham
let. Tho manager was in despair Ho
looked round ut all tho company hopeless
ly. Suddenly his eye fell on me, STRIPPING
that was Why ho selected mo 1 shall
mover understand, but the next moment
ho bcckoned mo forward. 'Burtoncll,' ho
exclaimed, You will plny Hamlet tonightp
Everything swan before Inc, almost /
tainted. Then 1 grasped TINT my chance
had como ut last. i will, sir, answered,
ana Will mako success of It, knew
and loved tho part. went out on Cation
hill and there acclaimed Shallespcare's
lines to the blue sky. When the hour mp
preached for mo to go down to tho thcater,
my teeth chartered, Miss Clccve Tho
thought of tho critical audience awaiting
me, OF tho Edinburgh press sitting there
ID solemn Judgment, unnervcd me so COM
pletcly that 1t seemed to me should never
caro- 10 open my mouth upon tho stage
My companions in tho dressing room
ohaffcd me. They were jealous; but, as it
happened, it was tho best thing for mo
they could have done. All my resolution
returned. Tho call boy summoned Inc. L
strodo to tho wings, my heart on fire. My
49, ~'AiS' AiOHi tIiup llOur UHNC mover
looked back"
He tossed off his champagne, swept tho
hair from his forehead and smiled at mo
pensively. But you arc encouraging mo
TO bore you with my "reminiscences, " ho
SAID Talk to mo of yourself"
ulu. spent very enjoyable evening
ana hcard attcrward that George Brudcncll
had called me {, "charming woman" 1t
was arranged that should accompany our
hostess to Il celebration supper Mt the Dia-
ocm thoatcr, and l looked forward to meet
ing him again.
Tho play had been running 200 nights
or 3oO nights, am sure 1 forget which
IL was great success, anyhow, and there
were toasts and congratulatory speeches
and that sort of thing.
George Brudcncll paid mo great attcn-
tion This timo he did speak of a book I
hau written and-shall l over forget my
ecstacy!-askod me if would care to col.
laDorato with him on drama
am nota an author" ho said, s'but my
knowledge of tho stage will DO useful.
nave an idea for piece. OF course I play
tho leading part
consented rapturously, and he sent mo
his idea tho following day. 1 cannot say
that liked 1t very much, but 1 went to
work on 1t Zealously. and sometimes he
called on mo to sec how 1 was getting on.
AT least to SEQ how I was getting on
was ostensihly the motive of his visits,
puo instead OF discussing tho play gencr-
ally found TINT we woro talking of orr
selves. Ho confessed to mo that no was
not happy man; that his had boen n
mistaken marriage, and when ho sighed
ana leaned his head wearily on his white
hand my heart achod for him.
Ihnt no liked me there was no doubt.
whether WAS in danger or not I would
rather not determine even to myself. But
no camo often, and we correspondcd and
well, l cannot shy what tho end might
have been. only know what it was.
at last the play was done, and l sent it
TO him. After week got note begging
mo to call. Ho was in his "sanctum, as
he termed it, when was shown in. The
manuscript was lying on tho desk.
Sit down." ho said, with bright
smilc. How happy it makes mo to SEQ
you hore!"
l took "a chnlr in front of him.
You like the drnmaf' asked.
Il like It, !" ho said, "yos, but thore are
good many alterations needed. Tho
leading lady's part must be weakened"
"Wcakenod?'
ut dotracts from NO." he said. "Sho
has too many good lines. Look hero, for
instance; l hnvo marked some of the
places
looked. Fo had marked 30 places il
no had marked ono
And something clsc ho said. "You
havo not lot mo finish every net. must
bring down all tho curtains
"But-but is that artistic under tho cir
cumstanccs?''
"Oh, nrtistic" ho laughed. "This Is
business, not art, my dear Miss Clcovo.
Inc applause Is 100 distributed rs you havo
Nriifnll tim 1nin1.., L,