Famous actors and their homes . came face to face with this portrait, justafter a discussion of the combinations poUcy, theres a picture of the old man raising theprice to $3! Between the reading-room and the grill-room is a haU with safes, which contain manydramatic rehcs. Qne of these is a sword usedby Frederic Lemaitre. Here also is the crookedstaff on which Charlotte Cushman leaned inher impersonation of Meg Merrilies. Fechters blond wig, which he wore in Hamlet, andwhich occasioned so much discussion, is alsoamong the relics. It is amusing to note thatwhile in the wordy warfare that raged
Famous actors and their homes . came face to face with this portrait, justafter a discussion of the combinations poUcy, theres a picture of the old man raising theprice to $3! Between the reading-room and the grill-room is a haU with safes, which contain manydramatic rehcs. Qne of these is a sword usedby Frederic Lemaitre. Here also is the crookedstaff on which Charlotte Cushman leaned inher impersonation of Meg Merrilies. Fechters blond wig, which he wore in Hamlet, andwhich occasioned so much discussion, is alsoamong the relics. It is amusing to note thatwhile in the wordy warfare that raged aboutit, it always was referred to as blond, it hereis seen to be distinctly red. Here are a ring which belonged to DavidGarrick and a lock of Edmund Keans hair;Edwin Forrests spring dagger, the bladeof which obligingly slid back into the hilteveiy time he kiUed himself; a salver and[ 219 J FAMOUS ACTORS pitcher of silver presented in 1828 to JuniusBrutus Booth, and the loving cup presentedby Boston admirers to William Photographed by EyronGrill Room of The Players The grill-room, with its oaken beams, highwainscot, framed playbills and portraits, runsthe full width of the house, and is one of themost comfortable and homelike rooms of itskind in town. Outside is a broad piazza over-[ 220 ] <^ THEIR HOMES looking the spacious gardens of the Playersand of the old Tilden mansion next door. Onthis piazza the members take their meals alfresco in suitable weather. It is doubtful ifany other club in the city has such a beautifulyet homelike outlook. There are various Shakespearian mottoesin different parts of the house. That in thegrill-room reads: Mouth it, as many of ourplayers do. Booth himself made an apt para-phrase of Ben Jonsons lines from the FirstFolio, and they may be read under the marblemantel in the hall: — Good Frende For Friendships Sake Forbeare To Utter What Is Gossipt HeareIn Social Chatt Lest, Unawares, Thy Tonge Offends Thy Fellow Platers In the gril
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