Show When Crane Cra e and andison Robson ison Hitched I Do you ou know remarked William H II Crane recently In speaking of his long I association with the late Stuart Robson I that the friendship between Robson and me began with a misunderstanding that carried us to the verge of a lawsuit Well ell it did I went to New York at the instance of or a managerial firm names do donot donot donot not matter much now It is so 50 long ago a o who engaged me to play an Important part in the old comedy Our Boarding BoardingHouse BoardingHouse BoardingHouse House I found when I reached there and was ready read for rehearsal that Robson had been engaged by the other member of the firm to play pIa the same part and that the date of his engagement was pre previous previous previous to the date of mine It really was fault although the partners of the firm ought to have let each other know what was doing At first I believed Robson had undermined me in some manner and he felt the th same about me I was off offered red another part in inthe inthe inthe the play pIa and went to see a lawyer about the situation You r have a legal claim on I the part he said and whether you ou play pla plaIt it or not I can make the managers pay your our salary every week Oh drat the salary I replied I want to appear in the play pia Its Us a big chance for me Well he responded take this other part and protest and say sa that if you OU like it play pIa It and if It you dont you wont Things went along for a time on this unsatisfactory basis when one day da Rob Robson RobI Robson I son and I happened to come to an under understanding understanding standing Lets get et together on both parts ho he said and see what we can do doSo doSo doSo So we worked the thing up together and as the play grew grev in possibilities we grew gre in affection and friendship and well you ou know the rest if you remember The Comedy of Errors The Merry Wives of Windsor The Henrietta which Bronson Howard wrote especially for us and other plays pla s in which we were seen together As the story star book says la I We lived hap happy happy happy py ever after |