"SHOW MUST GO ON"
WIDOW OF AIRMAN ACTRESS IN LONDON OPINIONS OF SERVICE (Klec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Ansn.l (Reed. Sept. 23, noon.) LONDON, Sept. 22. "There is one rule in the theatrical world. The show must go on," said Florence Desmond, the actress, whoso husband the flyer, Mr. T. Campbell Black, was killed at Liverpool on Saturday, and for whom the opening of "Let's Raise the Curtain" had been fixed for Monday next. Miss Desmond lias been rehearsing for the show, which originally was intended to open on Monday of this week, when the news of her husband's death was broken to her.
Miss Desmond to-day said: "A player owes service to his or her fellow workers and the public. Over 100 artists, musicians and-stage hands, who have worked for weeks, would be faced with unemployment if the'leading" lady dropped out."-
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19127, 23 September 1936, Page 5
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