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Show i Kscape for the Gallery. i An old time theatrical advance agent told me this amusing incident which oo-curred oo-curred in London, England, at the first production of tho opera "Faust" in tho Drury Lane theatre: "The original Faust was taken sick in the evening and could not appear in the title role. An under study, whose name was not revealed, was chosen for the part. He was a first class tenor, but was a very stout man, weighing about 240 pounds. In the last act, where Marguerite lies dead on the floor, and Faust descends through a trap door amid lurid flames, the trap in this instance, being very small, was not large enough to let the under study through. Tho stage hands underneath pulled their utmost on the legs of tho substitute, but to no avail. There was breathless silence in the audience at tho awkward pause, which was soon broken by a voice in the gallery exclaiming in a shrill tone, 'Hurrah, 'Hur-rah, fellows! We're safe! The hot place is full already!' " New York Star. |