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BENSON MEMORIES. (not to say disappointment) to you and Mr. Benson for; you are see him dancing like a ballet girl making Stratford another Black. up the room. My hostess hasten-pool!" ed to introduce us, and, his first

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head, placed it on his own flowing one of the best: The dresser's reply came, "Yes." The actor white locks, and kissed me on the child, aged about six years,

cheek." Lady Benson adds that in the passage outside the dress turned up to rehearsal next morn- Ing and did not know a word of it was all to theatrical to please ing-room, and Marle stopped to the part, and explained he her, and she felt only a kind of speak to her. She was always very friendly and most kind- thought it was football he bad pity for so clever a man

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"Have you ever seen me on ferred to the part in "Merry

Some people used to have the stage, kid? No said the Wives." Lady Benson, say:

dresser. shouted "John O'London" vouches for the curious ideas as to the social child. Here, truth of this story in her book oftatus of the theatrical profession Marie, take or send this kid into and in particular of the Ben- the front of the house; here's the Bensonian memories; "Mainly

sonjans. Engaged to play in money; she mustn't say she's Players" Thornton Butterworth.

Some private grounds in the never seen Marie Lloyd.' The 21.).

North, the company were invited child was taken and Marie, meet- This book is

Na, E A good as any to supper. Lady Benson and hering her afterwards, said, "Well, dealing with theatrical life pub-husband being placed at table ki what do you think of me lished in recent years, which is with their hosts and their pri- The kid put her head on one side not to be wondered at considering vate friends, while the members and, taking a sticky finger from the great achievements of the of the company were at a separate her mouth, said, 'Yer can't dance Benson Company, and the fact table. Her host's first remark to and yer can't sing, and I think that a very large number of our the author was: "Those poor you're rotten. best players are old Bensonians. Retors, how glad they must be of The book is full of good anecdotes.

A good meal," Afterward the Sunday Merning in Scotland... "poor actors" gave her, some The company had some amus- amusing details of their supper ing, if uncomfortable, experiences party. "On sheir table were cont when touring Scotland is the meats and pickles, but on the early days, Arriving at Falkirk ccher, at which we were sitting arranged that Ophelia should be

our hosts. hot alan durly hour on Sunday with

soup and lifted from the bler and placed in Arms of the stage morning, they succeeded after many delicacies were in evidence, the unseen much trouble in persuading a cat-When the butler asked the pourtanda standing under the trap! tager to give them, some break-actors what they would have, door-the grave.

"This required some courage fast, but the stern Sabbatarian they answered. 'Soup, please' or

Ophelia in a Fix. There must be tens of thou- sands of playgoers who have seen Lady Benson in the part of Ophelia. During a season at the Globe Theatre. London, it

was

would not allow them to wash chicken,' thoroughly enjoying on my part, as the men were none under her roof, as they were the butler's obvious, discomfiture. too gentle. One night a new act breaking the Sabbath, but she At last I heard the butler, in a of men were told off for this duty. conceded the use of a bucket in stage whisper, explain the situa-and when the words 'lay her in the earth' were spoken and the backyard. They eventually tion to my host." found atommodation in a Tem- Later on her host asked her Ophelia's hand-maids lifted her perance Hotel: "While in the what kind of people her company from the bier the invisible hands bedroom unpacking my bag.was composed of "I told him underneath refused to receive her.. heard the lack turned in the coor (rightly or wrongly) that many Thrice the. words were spoken. and h harch voice shouting, of them had large estates of their and at last the girl (with aching 'Ye'll no raise the blinds, nor town and were connected with the arms) whispered, Take it upon come out of the room, until the eldest houses in the land. I was which a voice from the depths Kirk is över. I wouldna hae the almost sorry for him; he was sof shouted: You fools, stuff the neighbours ken I had a low play-utterly wretched for the rest of thing through the hole!"

hoose! actress in ma

It was the evening. He explained After this Lady Benson pleaded) hopeless for me to explain that I eventually to me that he had read for a dummy to be used, and it

books that was icy cold and bad travelled in

actors were proved quite as effective.

Irish. all night; all the reply I got was. 'vagabonds, and he imagined that Say your prayers, and dinna fash they lived on" the poorest fare, verself; ye'll come out when the and frequently slept in barns.” Kirk is sealed."

Two little stories apropos of the humour of travelling in Ireland in the old days: "Once Revolt of the Property Man when travelling from Limerick to "Extra Ladies"

Among the stories "associated Waterford I told the porter to Lady Benson says that the old with the annual festival at Shake.label my boxes. He scratched his shilling-a-night super

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I've put ye one on for "For instance, in the church never heard anyone resent the Cork!

and

the

scene in 'Much Ado About enormous strain that these After an all night journey Nothing, when Hero is cast off Festivals entailed, with the ex-from England (to Dublin) I ask-i by Claudio, I heard one high-born eep.on of our faithful Irish pro-ed the chambermaid at the lady, one of Beatrice's waiting-pery man. "Billy Phibbs, who Shelbourne Hotel to get me a hot women, say audibly to another, was found in the property ream bath. When I went to the bath- What's she done, dearie? 'Noth-one morning punching the headroom I found the water still run- ing much, love, sald the other of a bust of Shakespeare, andning, but stone cold. I called the

Only been a little bit gay."

hissing between his teeth, 'I'll maid and remarked that I had learn ye to write plays!"

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