ACTRESS' LONG SLEEP.
DURATION OF FORTY HOURS.
A well-known Paris actress, Mile. Bovy, a victim of insomnia, has had a sleep for which she did not bargain, and which during the 40 hours it lasted was a cause of great anxiety. Ono Saturday Mile. Bovy, feeling the imperative need of rest, took a sleeping draught. She fell into a profound slumber, from which she had not awakened on Sunday, when the hour approached for her to appear at a matinee at the Cornedie Francaise. Her husband, M. Pierre Fresnay, was greatly alarmed From time to time his wife opened her eyes, but the general state of •torpor persisted. As the time for the performance grow nearer Mile. Bovy seemed to rouse herself, and said sho must bo preparing for the theatre. She managed to take a cold bath and then her husband conducted' her to the theatre. But she relapsed in the car into somnolence, and the doctor attached to the theatre failed to rouse ber. Her .understudy had hurriedly to take her place. It was not until 40 hours had passed that the actress' gained • complete consciousness.: .. :
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20954, 18 August 1931, Page 9
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