. Theatrical and circus life;. ter from a band of stage-struckyoung men of color is an extraordinary document, andmay be taken as a sample of the letters received everyday by theatrical managers : — Kansas City, 1789 [1879], January 14. Mr. DeBar, Dear Sir, I take thes opportunity of witring youtheas few lines to ask you for an engagement at theOrepry [Opera] house if you can as we would like toget it if we can. i and my trop can do a great menyperformence on the stage. W. H. Terrell he can dothe Iron Joyrl [iron jaw] performence and do a JigDance and a Clog and Double Song and Dance andother
. Theatrical and circus life;. ter from a band of stage-struckyoung men of color is an extraordinary document, andmay be taken as a sample of the letters received everyday by theatrical managers : — Kansas City, 1789 [1879], January 14. Mr. DeBar, Dear Sir, I take thes opportunity of witring youtheas few lines to ask you for an engagement at theOrepry [Opera] house if you can as we would like toget it if we can. i and my trop can do a great menyperformence on the stage. W. H. Terrell he can dothe Iron Joyrl [iron jaw] performence and do a JigDance and a Clog and Double Song and Dance andother tricks. Mr. Benjermer Frankler [BenjaminFranklin] waltz With a pail of water on his head andplays the frence harp the sanetime on the stage andlnvinrr down with it on his head and roal all over the 226 STAGE-STRUCK. floor and Jump 6 feet hiagh iu the air on hand and feet,allso and We have the Best french harp players in theworld that ever plaid on one. and leaping through ahoop of fire same as a circus. If you can git it lor. ROSE EYTIXGE. me pleas write soon ami let me know. Sam Chrisruanis one of my atcters. yours Truly, B. Franklin. Excuse writing and paper. This is a Cold trop. It is hardly necessary for me to say Ben De Bar didnot give the Cold trop an engagement. Poor oldBen was dead at that time. CHAPTER XV. THE REHEARSAL. When the seeker after histrionic honors has at lastcrossed the threshold of the stage, he or she will findit entirely different from the glitter and glory withwhich the imagination had clothed things first revelation made to new-comers in the pro-fession is the rehearsal. This generally begins aboutten a. M. and ends about two p. m. In the old days ofstock companies, performers had more laborious work toperform than men who carry railroad iron out of, or into,steamboats. Often there were new plays every night,which meant new parts to be memorized, and rehearsalsevery day. Leaving the theatre at eleven p. m.,about the usual hour of clos
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