| Show OF BROOKS AA Dear D nl old ohl Stoddart is III bending this wit IU with his tinier Brier flush BUKh company with our glob Bob Roston nil as head singer Ind It Is most to lee 0 that his hili everywhere are aren n 11 dories julles ot of Not thai but bUl time the writers nil all that h him Is the lait lahi lopre of the tho old school or of actors give 0 columns of to hie In tun nud rent ot of old uhl a aA A 1 Into Inlo If n II r 1 s t he article Two old nien not Wren 11 anoh oth other r for 1 it halt root mot In the lobby yf the CO dales II lOtti 1 a at a i One Onu WUN tuns Stoddart II th the nC actor JI s lo l RIP Pt at atthe the Willis WJ d thia week In inThe The Tho Brier Bush Bud Time waN Owen a 11 we well known ie iela Has la City Liam lan III man PIrt Fifty ago RHO this very ory month James II H i and Own Owen Nugent tilt In time Ihl sumo stage In a little these thea tel ter 2 28 miles front Dublin 1 rei II I tit Mr Stoddart WM was II a star even oen at time while Mr Nugent a 0 mere buy WAS playing ln miner parts title ot of time old uhl stork stock companies III those days time did time tho traveling while their suit SUI porting stationed In mho tho various towns nn dial I ly awaited time tho coming of oC limo stellar performers Fifty years nr Is n lOll bug tune It was vas wasso vasso so long ago ngo that Nugent pad appeared on time the sumac stage that time tho was IM apt sure whether the tho loan playing It at the this week i was nH the right ono olle lie lIo went to the tho the theater theater ater last Thursday and saw the ot of Thu lh Bonnie Donnie Brier flush Bush fhe he Stoddart he remembered 1 was a 11 young man full tull of at life on en erg The Tho Stoddart ho he saw 11 a night was an old old man mun with gray grayhair hair and wrinkled face tuce Dot But Nugent knew him acting traits hud hind hudnot not In his manner of at speech his lda every movement could ho seen time tho Stoddart ot of old It wok wo nn an Interesting scene the meeting meet meetIng Ing of oC these two old veterans 0 nil how lIow they discussed plays un anti players amid the events ot of long ago Prices have changed somewhat since I 1 sans lIaw you lost last said Nugent I remember when you ou Joined the stock company for tor II a weeks engagement how the tho event was heralded The stock company hind been getting regulation prices Two pence In the pl pit one pen penny ny fly In the tho gallery Yes anti 1 Stoddart camo they raised time the pricEs hence Ince In III III the pit two pence penco In time the gallery Some Seine of the lime people ed 1 for there were dean like there tire now nosy but we stood eni em ur up That was Willi time the theatrical event of oC time tho Ciu remember J V Brooks ask asked Id ed N I IDo Dot Do I Poor Joor old K I played 11 with whit his him maim ItIn a 11 tune A 1 great Or halt Nugent Greeter by far nr 1 And to hI think what Ih the tallow to in indu Ih du it In thu those days da Wh I remember nt as asIt It It weye yesterday MI r a how bow used to put r tiro t t In one ant l Com erst sho at T j and ep l by 1131 1130 11 the and finish II iy ul that was nut nil I hove stern Brooks lit In l don t n h Loeser tl nee e a Jig and then therm recite tord thesis al I daughter er 0 Ill iii Will you ever forget piece no tot It II would bring down the tho hOIl house e lyres have been great changes In inthe Ih the theatrical since those daS Ilas I 1 have seen een Hamlet Othello and with nil nn that r only comedy Ant And tl the a acts 18 The lieu 1110 1 pi d t In those thole Ila days and the lie Actors hail to give glo It to them Ihm Just tooth dance fill In p II costume between the ot of In order to his hili patrons their moneys worth Name of cur lUf stars ur of time present day even would shudder 11 at the thought Th The old Cello chatted for tor nn an hour one subject to 10 another To fo hear I talk of the actors of at 60 yearn 1110 made all I one regret that thai I treated nil 1111 like and let lei Ih 11 live J V whose was re A most lc death his hll he tom fOl In II a vessel In n sea len after days out nul the vessel sprung n nIl Il kak ak flue lire boats bonts were lowered l amid Brooks lime p people of oC Ih the shin 11 Into Inlo them enol When time the bruit hlll had been tilled and only Brooks on oft time the ship he started to 10 get It into one ot of the life boats ills weight Will was too and anel it 11 wind seen that should he get Into time boat hoat It II would sink It There were already 10 persons In III till the life hunt Brooke Brook saw the Iho situation at al a 0 glance It WM tuns trading one life for tor 10 ire Hl to time Ihl deck ll k ot of the sinking vessel his hat to those to In Ih the life lite boat bode then thum nil and went down don with the thu ship for tor the satel safety of Ills his companions Joer tier son of 01 the tho skip wrens Will eased with tilt lilt exception of J V Brooks Brook was 1111 nt rimy ot of rum nn actor said Mid Mr Ir Stoddart yesterday lie Ite hall n a physique Il a magnetic face and I think the strongest and purest voice I 1 hn l ever er And Amt Owen Nugent one oM or of his sup supporting porting actors of 60 years ago ngo tUlly fully n agrees ret with him him In mill that he lIa says 1 of oC oCth the th actors and the tho drama ot of lung long ago ngo There Were bettor better actors In those days Nugent Actors who could read and never miss n a ayl 51 table You cant find then them In this gene nen Actors days are arc nut not born there made |
