A MACREADY STORY.
Macready was playing in a country town, and upon a night when he proposed to perform “ Macbeth,” a small scene-painter was cast to act the “ bleeding sergeant.” At rehearsal the “ star ” was quiet enough, merely scanning the local performer as one prize-fighter might judge the points of another. When the night came, however, a very different scene was enacted.
The sergeant dashed on, dropped upon his knee, and said :
“ My lord, as I stood upon my watch upon the
hill, Methought that Birnam Wood ’gan move towards Dunsinane ”
Thereupon Macready, with a growl of rage and the words, “ Liar and slave ! ” rushed at the little man and shook him till his teeth rattled.
The mauled performer made a bolt for it, and, at tlio same time, justified bis conduct by screaming out : “ It’s true, s’elp me, Mr. Macready, sir ; the stage-manager told me to tell you ! ”
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Golden Bay Argus, Volume VI, Issue 72, 14 October 1897, Page 2
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149A MACREADY STORY. Golden Bay Argus, Volume VI, Issue 72, 14 October 1897, Page 2
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