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|BY CHARLES B COCHRAN,
THEATRICAL PRODUCER.
LUCKY OR UNLUCKY.
They any in the theatre that a play with the word “golden” in ita title is bound to be unlucky, For my own part, I am beginning to think that the name "Rome" must be an unfortunate choice.
Twice in my life I have been connected with the production of "Rome" plays. Eight years ago there was "One Night in Rome," with Miss Laurette Taylor, at the Garrick Theatre. On the first night someone threw stink bombs from the gallery. Now I have. just had a hand in the Lordon presentation of "The Road to Rome," which has been taken off after a sixteen days' 'run the shortest run with which I have ever been managerially connected,
Yes, I am becoming a little bit superstitious about "Rome. But
to be quite serious, I have no hard-and-fast stage superstitions; I would humour an artist or an jauthor in any reasonable way about such things, but I certainly
would not allow superstition to get in the way of business as a manager.
Prince Leopold and Princess Astrid, being sheered by the popu lation of Liege, Belgium, when they attended a festival held in that city. Llege was the first Belgian town to suffer from the German invasion in 1914. "
"Macbeth," for some mysteri-
IN A DESERT.
EXPEDITION WITH TRACTORS
AND WIRELESS.
As a matter of fact, too, the young people of the theatre are becoming less and less superstitious reason, is generally looked ous; and although you may get a jupon as being an "unlucky play " girl not wanting to wear green or which is no doubt the reason why anything with peacock's fenthers quotations from it are sternly dis- in a part, there is decidedly less couraged in theatres. It is sup- stage superstition rife than there posed to be a terrible thing for the vast desert between the Orange An expedition into the Kalahari, anyone to say a line from "Mac-and Zambesi rivers, Bechuanaland, beth" on a first night.
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WHISTLING.
Mr. Harry Grattan, the revue writer, and Chaliapine are two people whom I have come across professionally who do-or, at any Whistling in a dressing room is rate, did-live up to superstitions, regarded as another form of stage Mr. Grattan did several of my crime, calculated to bring down early revues, und he always point misfortune upon the inmates of blank refused to allow the tag line the room, if not upon the whole -the last line of the piece, that is play. The "antidote" to whistling -to be spoken till the end of the lin a dressing room is for the Jopening performance. As a mat- offender to go outside at once and Iter of fact, he would never let turn round three times.
anyone know what the final words were. During the first perform ance he would produce them on a whoever had to say the words, is thought to be a most fortunate and they were said unrehearsed. thing to do. An umbrella, that This "tag" superstition is a very true and trusted friend to so many old theatrical one, but nowadays old-time comedians, must never it is not conformed to generally on any account be opened on the -every word of most plays is re-stage. hearsed in production.
To crack or break a looking glass is held to be sure and cer- tain bad luck, but to break
Jewellery, Watches, Fancy Goods, etc. bit of paper, which he handed to tumbler-by accident, of course
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I am very fond of the circus, but I am forced to admit that there are some grounds for the common belief that plays about the circus, however good they may be, will have no luck about them. There have been a number of instances of such plays falling to attract audiences.
is to be undertaken by Dr. C. E. Cadle, Colorado Museum of No- tural History, Professor R. L. Mannen, Texas University and the Whittle Museum, and Mc. W. J. Cameron.
They landed, wearing tropical suits, at Southampton from the White Star liner "Majestic" and Dr. Cadle leave for Capetown told a "Dally Mail" reporter:
We are going to Africa because) the cradle of the human race ia to be found there if anywhere.
There is no doubt that the Bushmen who now exist only in the Kalahari desert are descend- ants of the race which formerly inhabited` Africa.
We know very little of these people, but it is ap- parent that while they seem to have Negro in them their features are those of the Mongolian race.
We have sent from the United! States two two-ton tractors which will have a cruising radius of 1,000 miles into the desert. We shall take a full wireless set with us so as to keep in touch with civilisation.
The black cat superstition ob- tains the "wrong way round" with Chaliapine. The Albert Hall black cat (it is not perpetually the same identical cat, of course, but it comes of one family of cats) is famous with artists who appear there, and consequently I was very much taken aback when Most actors and actresses like We hope to startle the world) Albert Coates, the musical con- to get telegrams and messages within the next two or three ductor, once warned me, "For wishing them "good luck" on the years. goodness' sake don't let Chalia- first night of a play in which they pine see that cat; he will walk are acting. But I have had at straight out of the place if you least one star under my manage- do."
ment who did not-Alice Delysia,
said.
"But black cats are lucky," II mean.
She is French, and it seems "In Russia they are. terribly that in France to wish an artist unlucky," Mr. Coates explained. "good luck" before a first per- The still persistent idea that it formance is considered to be an is unlucky to start a new play on Junlucky thing to do. So those a Friday I am definitely againat. who know this fact about Delysia Indeed, I consider that Friday is never wish her "good luck" (at Jalmost the best opening night in least, not in these words) on her
the week. A play's second night first nights. is generally apt to be a bad one, but if you begin on a Friday you get your second performance on Saturday, when there is almost certain to be a good audience. For practical purposes this is good for the play and the players, who are probably suffering from the reaction of their first night; from a cynical point of view your second night falling on a Satur- day gives you at least one pretty full house, however bad your play may be!
Two bulls being taken to the Liverpool abattoir escaped and knocked down many people in the streets, one animal being at large for nearly an hour.
Bermondsey Borough Council is to be recommended to take up a loan of £68,058 to erect new munici- pal offices on the site of the old Spa-
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