. Theatrical and circus life;. for a robe, and a leg of a chair for aBceptre, mashed on a queen with a travelling dress anda gray woollen basque with buttons on it. And thinkof Poloniux, with a linen duster and a straw hat with ablue ribbon on. Oh, it made me tired. Ophelia wasall right enough. She had on some crazy clothes thatshe had been travelling in, and we got some straw outof a barn and some artificial flowers off the bonnets,and she pulled through pretty well. But the Ghost/You would have died to have seen the Ghost. He hadon one of those long hand-me-down ulster overcoatswith a buckle
. Theatrical and circus life;. for a robe, and a leg of a chair for aBceptre, mashed on a queen with a travelling dress anda gray woollen basque with buttons on it. And thinkof Poloniux, with a linen duster and a straw hat with ablue ribbon on. Oh, it made me tired. Ophelia wasall right enough. She had on some crazy clothes thatshe had been travelling in, and we got some straw outof a barn and some artificial flowers off the bonnets,and she pulled through pretty well. But the Ghost/You would have died to have seen the Ghost. He hadon one of those long hand-me-down ulster overcoatswith a buckle on the back as big as a currycomb and thebelt was hanging down on both sides. The boys gothim a green mosquito bar to put over it, and with astuffed club for a sceptre, he fell over a chair and then IN THE DRESSING-ROOM. 91 v-ame on. I should have laughed if I had been on mydeath-bed when he said to Hamlet, i I am thy fathersghost! He looked more like a drummer for a whole-sale confectionery house, with a sort of tin skimmer. MKEE RANKIN. on his head, and I believe the audience would havegone wild with laughter if it had not been for I dont believe you could get him to laugh onthe stage for a million dollars. He just looked at theGhost as though it was a genuine_one, and the audience 92 i\ i 111: DRESSING-ROOM. looked at Booth, and forgot all about the ulster andthe Gkosfs pants being rolled up at the bottom. Iiwas probably the greatest triumph that an actor everhad for Mr. Booth to compel the vast audience to for-get the ludicrous surroundings and think only of thecharacter he was portraying. 1 wouldnt have missedthe nights performance for a thousand dollars, andwhen, at 10 oclock, I heard the boys getting tic-trunks up-stairs, I was almost Borry. The last twoacts were played with the costumes, bui they were no better performed than the first. Still. I think, on thewhole, I had rather the baggage would be there. Itmakes a manager feel better. In the olden time-, and
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