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' : ' V ' V "M.A.P."/.quotes the>following' story told ■ by an English actor, who was playing in the provinces On a'Saturday. night a'message ■ came through to the .'theatre lie was. play-. : ing at-, asking the manager if he could say. ' . what pieoe'it was that was booked for Monday; . The manager called through the_tcle- • , .phone that' the next play was "/Ilio'i-ata] Wedding." '.'Gracious, that will never do,'" . ■ said . the voice at the other end, "I wanted to book seats. for a wedding party! You ~ - don't happen to know what; is going to the other theatre, do you?" The manager did. It was "The Merry Widow"! Mr. Marshall; who . was listening at the spare receiver, heard a ' • faint- voice remark, apparently ,to someone' - .standing by, "I don't: think we'll have a' -V' theatre ■ arty after all.'.' And then, there' • ••/.was. a ring-off from ,a : lady who,- evidently, was soon to Jiavo a 'ring 'on.'..' • ?!
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 307, 21 September 1908, Page 3
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150INAPPROPRIATE Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 307, 21 September 1908, Page 3
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