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Show BERNHARDT'S STORIES,-- She tells, incidentally, the following story of herself: "In reply, one day in London, to the many flattering utterances from a crowd of British admirers in the green room of the Gaiety Theater, she said: "To act that part a person should be young and handsome." To which Lord_____, who had been warmest in her praise replied: "Ah, madam, you are complete proof of the contrary!" She related anecdotes of the Theater Francais and of the managers of Paris. A certain Bohemian author, tired of having his manuscript returned to him, copied one of Moliere's comedies and sent it under another name to half a dozen managers, all of whom declined it with thanks as not adapted to the French stage. One manager was more gracious than the others. He sent the piece back with a note saying that he had read it with much pleasure, but regretted that the funds at his disposal would not permit him to produce the work of a debutant at this moment, but he hoped on some future occasion to be able to do justice to the talent of the young author. |