Players of the Period a Series of Anecdotal Biographical And Critical Monogra
Players of the Period a Series of Anecdotal Biographical And Critical Monogra
Arthur Goddard
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He was very nervous in those days, and forgot his lines. To avoid an abso- lute breakdown, he agreed with the prompter that he would snap his fingers whenever he had lost his words. The curtain went up, and as soon as the blind Colonel appeared the finger-snapping became fast and furious. Next morning Mr. Tree found that the local critic AN IRISHMAN'S ADVICE. 191 praised his performance without stint, compli- menting him particularly on having mastered the habits of the blind so thoroughly, " e...ven down to the nervous twitching of the fingers " (the snapping for the prompter's help), and "the listening for the falling leaf" (Mr. Tree's eager- ness to catch the prompter's voice), "as though loss of sight made hearing more dear to him. " At the early stages of his career Mr. Beer- bohm Tree was the subject of much friendly interest amongst those who recognised in the new recruit one of the coming leaders of the mimic world behind the footlights, and in some cases this personal goodwill was shown in out- of-the-way fashion.
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