Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-10-17
WHEN DEATH 10 REAL.
Tragic Fatalities that Have Occurred
Upon the Stage.

Tragic Fatalities that Have Occurred
Upon the Stage.
The recent calamity on a London
stage In which an actor actually killed
fellow player In the scene where he
was supposed to run hin, through with q
dagger has brought to light numerous
former occurrences Of a similar charac.
ter.
The great Roman actor Roscius, en-.
acting Aureus. was so carried away
that lie fell upon slave and killed him
on the spot. Farqular. in Dryden's
''lndian Emperor wounded a fellow
actor SO dangerously that he was said
to have died from his wounds. In
Stockholm. early In the sixteenth cen.
fury. nm actor who was playing Lon.
ginus In "Thc Mystery Of the Passion"
was so realistic In his playing that he
pierced the mimic Christ 50 severely
that his death on the cross was actual.
Many years ago, an Italian artist nam.
ed Lombard. playing In "Antisone."
had to turn his sword from his fathers
breast to his own. and did 1t 10 Ger.
tainly that he fell dead.
Upon the opening night Of the pro.
| duction Of Michael Strogoff" In Lon.
don. In 1881, Mr.. Charles Warner, Ia
the title role. was set upon by the VII.
lain Of the piece. and In the duel with
daggers which ensued Mr.. Warner was
badly wounded. Barry Sullivan once
attacked Richmond In "kichard the
Third with such vchemcncc that his
opponents sword was struck from hil
hand and serious accident barely
avcrted. The elder Baron. French
actor Of note, performing In ''T'hc CID
Of Corneillc, had to kick sword out
Of his path and In 50 doing puncturcd
his foot; the matter was trifiing at first
but later on gangrcne set In and the
player died. Charles Kcmblc. ut one
time playing Macbeth to Mrs. Slddon'i
Lady Macbeth. flung away goble,
with such violence that 1t shattered
chandelier above the great Sarah,
head. That lady bore 1t without finch
ing. however. At the dress rehearsal
Of "The HuguenOts' mt Paris sevcra
years ago. the famous tenor Nouritt. II
pretending to jump from fourth-storJ
window. injured himself so that thu
piece had to be delayed for week. Al
the final rehearsal Of Faust" the orig
inal Mcphistophclcs, BalanQuc. contriv
cd to wear a pair Of dlabolical rec
wings. With these outspread, he ros'
from trap In the first act, and, b!
touching a spring. these later bccam'
the conventional cloak. But the sprin,
behaved badly, and the actors face wn'
horribly laccra.cd by the hutterin,
whalcbonc ribs, over which the clotl
was arranged.
Deaths from sudden and unknown
causes are frequent on the stage, and
has generally seemed that the passing
Of the actors soul has always been q
some moment when his words wer
particularly applicable to the clrcum
stance. Not long ago Federico wa
playing Faust In Melbourne. and Jus
after he uttered the last word before hi
descent to Hadcs lie gave n sigh an
fell dead. At this actors funeral, O
the venerable clergyman finished say
Ing I'm the midst Of life We are Il
DEATH" he fell llfeless. Paterson die
while preparing Claudio for execution
In "Measure for Measure" saying o
: life "A breath thou art" Cumming
40 Dumont In "Janc Shore" expire'
with q quotation for Gods mercy o.
his lips. and Palmer. 40 manager nm
actor, died 40 hc exclaimed. "Oh. God
; God! There 10 another and q bette
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