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Show In 1883 Mansfield's opportunity came When Mr. Palmer put on "A Parisian Romance." J. H. 'StOgflarfc-was cart for the part of Baron 0ipvrt&l Jtt the play. Stod-9' Stod-9' dart, at the last minu'u. declined to play the part "with -which he said he was not in full sympathy Mansfield, who nad been cast for a small part in. the play, hogged per mission to play the. part of the palsied, dissolute old Frenchman Mansfield lifted, what at flrst seemed seem-ed a small ecperitrtc part to that of all-absorbing interest The public and the critics forgot the play to talk of Mansfield's Baron Chevrial, and from that day Mansfield became a leading actor on the American stage. |