Scribner´s Magazine, Vol. 65
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Excerpt from Scribner´s Magazine, Vol. 65: January, 1919 I, myself, dispensing with all the pomp and panoply and the paraphernalia of the theatre, had come off unwounded, having recited from Hamlet while standing on a table. "We will do it," said I. In the Vale of Evesham there is a private mansion which has been by its owner turned into a hospital. This haven is not far from the home of Mary Anderson, and on a tiny stage erected in the ballroom of this house the entertainment was to be given. The occasion was a sort of country fair to which all charitable folk were bidden from far and near. The convalescent patients, the neighboring gentlefolk, the farmers and their families, the nurses and officers of the hospital made up the audience. The purpose of the festivity was to provide further necessary funds. Why Macbeth? I can hear you say. Macbeth! Where the cheerful theme is battle, murder, and sudden death? Why not the light, fantastic toe and the merry jest? Let me tell you that our crusaders are as responsive to a good rendition of a tragedy as they are to the infection of a comic song. Not that they would select tragic adventure as a steady diet. But there is of necessity an abundance of the lighter fare. Most of the bills presented at the camps and hospitals in England are provided by what are called "concert parties," composed as a rule of a comedian who is an impersonator of amusing character in prose and in verse, a pianist who also sings and accompanies others, a girl violinist and a ballad-singer, male or female. I travelled about with two such companies and they certainly gave great satisfaction. A play, however, or scenes from a play, make an agreeable change. "The Over There Theatre" is wisely sending short plays to France. I hope soon it will be found possible to furnish the same service for England. There are many thousands of our soldiers and sailors in the camps there now, and they are hungry for entertainment by their own country men and women. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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