Recollections of a player . resort to183 KECOLLECTIONS OF A PLAYEE shouting or ranting. His performances inThe Danicheffs and in The BankersDaughter were fine examples of his ripeability. The stage suffered a serious lossindeed in his death. After the run of The Danicheffs,Thorne and other members of the com-pany were sent to San Francisco, playingthe Union Square successes, and CharlesCoghlan came to us at the home his appearance we produced a ver-sion of Nicholas JSTickleby entitledSmike, Bijou Herron playing SmiJce, LeMoyne Squeers, Boniface John Brody, andI Newman Noggs. The
Recollections of a player . resort to183 KECOLLECTIONS OF A PLAYEE shouting or ranting. His performances inThe Danicheffs and in The BankersDaughter were fine examples of his ripeability. The stage suffered a serious lossindeed in his death. After the run of The Danicheffs,Thorne and other members of the com-pany were sent to San Francisco, playingthe Union Square successes, and CharlesCoghlan came to us at the home his appearance we produced a ver-sion of Nicholas JSTickleby entitledSmike, Bijou Herron playing SmiJce, LeMoyne Squeers, Boniface John Brody, andI Newman Noggs. The play ran from May7, 1877, till June 9, and was successful. On December 26, 1877, The Man ofSuccess was produced. The cast includedCharles Coghlan, Parselle, Agnes Booth,Stoddart, and others ; a fine play, but notsuccessful. Mr. Coghlans performance Ithought most artistic. On January 23, 1878, A CelebratedCase was brought out. This was a no-table production and had a long and pros-perous run. It enlisted the services of184. Charles Coshlan. RECOLLECTIONS OF A PLAYER Charles Coghlan, Frank Hardenbergh,Parselle, Agnes Booth, Linda Dietz, SaraJewett, and Mrs. G. H. Gilbert. I playedSergeant ORourke. I have reason to re-member this character. In the prologueI had a scene with Mrs. Booth, who playedthe wife of Jean Renaud, the hero, in thecourse of which she was supposed to giveto me, as the Sergeant, a cup of wine, whichI had to swallow. It so happened that theproperty-man had been using kerosene onthe stage during the day, and had left thebottle containing that liquid upon thedresser where Mrs. Booth had been in thehabit of finding the drink for the the business she poured a full cupfrom this bottle, handed it to me, and Iswallowed the contents at a gulp. Oh,Lord! I said as I received the have I done? said Mrs. Booth,under her breath. I could only gasp out,Kerosene ! and make a hasty exit. Foralmost a week every one avoided me,owing to the presence of t
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