OSCAR ASCHE'S MISHAP.
INVOLVED IN COLLISION EXIT THROUGH TAXI ROOF LONDON. Dec. 22 When a taxi-cab in which was Mr. Oscar Asche collided with a bus in Oxford Street to-day, the cab was overturned, and the roof had to be cut away to allow the. Falstaffian Mr. Asche to escape. He was travelling to the Winter Garden Theatre for a rehearsal of "The Merry Wives of Windsor," in which he will play the part of Falstaff. The celebrated actor was bruised badly by the mishap, but was able to carry on with the rehearsal. - Mr. Asche is well known to Australian and New Zealand theatregoers, having toured the principal cities with his own company on several occasions. His most spectacular successes in Australia were "Kismet," "Chu Chin Chow" arid "Iris.,"
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21378, 30 December 1932, Page 7
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130OSCAR ASCHE'S MISHAP. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21378, 30 December 1932, Page 7
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