Show HARD LANDING ellen terry always felt that efficiency of property men contributed as much to the success of 0 a play as did the dramatic talent ot of the actors involved one night the audience sat in absorbed silence miss terry was about to commit suicide by jumping from the high rock into the river however the property men had forgotten to place a mattress in the stage river thus she landed on the bare floor with a loud thud the audiences titters turned to roars of laughter when someone in the gallery shouted what do you know the waters frozen |