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Show WA8 RATTLED BY PROMOTION. Young Actor's Laughable "Bull" In Hla First Speaking Part. Charles Prohman, tho theatrical managor, tells of nn amusing and ludicrous mlstako mado by a young nctor in a play onco produced by Mr. Frohman. Tho young actor had, up to this tlmo, employed his talents in enacting enact-ing such roles as callod for no speech on his part, nut In this play ho was intrusted with tho following lino, tho only words to bo spoken by him dur. ing tho entire play: "Tho King is dead! Long llvo tho King!" Tho crltlcnl tlmo anilng, It was observed ob-served by other players .hat tho young man who was to acclaim tho now monarch mon-arch In tho words just quoted waB suffering suf-fering from a dreadful attack of Btago fright. 111b cuo camo, but no words could he speak, so frlghtoned was ho. Finally, however, ho pulled himself together aid, in deMperatlonahouted at tno top of his voice': .- - s -T4" "Lonp llvo tho King; ho's dead!" |