Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-05

of one of Theodore Kremers mele dramas, Buried at Sea-" The sol emn ceremony as it Is carried out OF boArd sifib was satisfactorily ettaetsd and the body, which was a dummy On q plank, was lifted by the sailors to the railing preparatory to, being slid off Into the sea. At the, cue the body refused to slide. the clothing having accidentally caught on. a nail The sailors shook aud tipped the plank nt an angle. of about forty4fiye aegrees. still the body moved not The stage manager, noting the dilem ma, called in n stage whisper from the wings
 Slide it over, plank and all.' A command which the sailors quickly obeyed. Alas for / the reaFsti, noiseless disappearance into the. sea The bonrd fell over the rail on to the stage with a crash that completely destroyed the flltts'ion Of n sea burial It took several minutes for the audi ence to sufficiently compose itself tc listen to the rest of the scene
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 Tris Is the cast Of "rhe, Two Or phans" revival to, be made at some New York theater March 2S: The Cbevalier, Kyrle Bellew; Pierre James O'NAlll; Jacques. Charles War her: be Linnler. |. II. Gilmourt Mar quis de Pi'ille: Jamest]n Lee Fihies Louise. Gliee Ge6tee: Heiimette. Mar garet Ellington: Sister Genevieve Clara Morris; Countess. Annie Irish Frochard Elitn Proctor Otis; Mari anne. Clara BlaEdlck.
 In thesori2,inal cast at the Union Square theater. December 6, 1874 Charles Thorne played the Chevalier' F. r. Mackey. Pierre: in the other parts In the original production Me kee Rankin Is succeeded by Mr War ner: Charles Parsell. by MT Holland Stuart Robson. by MT Gsilmour: w. G Coggswcll. by Mir Finney; Kate. CLlx ton. hy Grace George Kitty Blanch ard, afterwau Ms Mckee Rankin by Margaret Illineton; Ida Vernon by Clara Morris: Fanny Morant, by Annie Ilish:, Marie Wilkins, by Elitl Proctor Otis: ard Rose Eytinge, by Clnrm Blandick.
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 Edwin MOrdaunt, prominent as lead ing man and stock star, has a wide and varied experience during his sev eral years in this most fascinatins theatrical profession. The property lists sent in advance of companies give rise to amusing episodes. It is commonly understood in the profes sion that q medallion" is large rug or square of carpet necessary il some of the scenes, of q play. On ont occasion when Mordaunt had arrived at theatre to see that the necessary articles on. the "prop list' had beer provided, one being large medal lion." the local man brought to him { picture of George Washington fitted into q large oval frame. What's tha- for?" asked Mordaunt. "Why, that's the medallion your list called for,' said the man, land it's the largest could find in the town." At another theatre where MT Mordaunts com pany played an engagement, the loca man. on being asked for the necessary medallion went to the property room and returned to the actor witt a mandolin, and remarked that the mandoiins in the town were all regu lation size, and they had no larger ones. Another time, during a seasor of repertory which included Shakes pearean pluy in which a bier was ar accessory, Mordaunt was met by the local man, who was evidently of Ger man extraction, and spelled the bever age of his country in the German man ner-with an l. "I didn't buy the bier yet" he said to the actor, "because you didn't put on the prop list how many bottles you'd want"
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 George o'Brien, singing comedian and manager of "Six of q Kind" now playing in the south. tells the follow ing. in which he made hit with his audience by interpolating an oppoI: tune line. The property list, which was sent to each town some days III advance of the company. called foi several bushels of torn paper for the "snow scene in the play in which Nil O'RPicn and Miss Hart were princi- pals, the latter heing tue leading prima donna. The local property man had evidently concluded that almost any sort of paper would do, and had prepared several baskets full of all colors-retf. white and blue apparently nredoprinatin9 When Mr O'Bricn saw this narti-colored snow descend ing plentifully upon the heroine, and the audience beginning to whisper and laugh at the incongruity. he exclaimed in aloud voice: "Rehold. even the 1.N, moi