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Show o WENT THROUGH THE SCENERY. Distinguished Actors Swung Their Swords to Good Effect. David HIgglns recalls an amusing story of Lawrence Barrett and John McCullough when they were starring together in tho west. The manager of some, out of the way place In Colorado got them to play an engagement with him for "one night only." The stage of tho theater was so small that there was hardly standing room for the com pany, tho files being about two feet abovo the actors' heads. The bill was "Richard III.," and by the timo they came to tho last scene tho patience of both McCullough and Barret was exhausted. ex-hausted. But they had their revenge. Just before they rushed on for tho "wind-up" between Richard and Richmond, Rich-mond, McCullough, who was playing Richard, turned to Barrett. "How in thunder are wo going to swing our swords in that space?" he asked. "Never mind," replied Barrett, "cut the scenery down." And thoy did. They went at each other with a vengeance, ven-geance, and with every blow made a gash in tho flies or cut a piece out of ono of tho wings. Whco tho fight was finished and the victorious Richmond stood over his prostrato foe, tho flies abovo him hung in ribbons and the wings were total wrecks. |