ACTORS AT PLAY.

Rodney and Otamatea Times, Waitemata and Kaipara Gazette, 25 September 1912, Page 3

ACTORS AT PLAY.

A good story of Garrick and his friend, the French actor Preville, of the Comedie Francaise, is told in Mr. Frank A. Hedgecock's book "David Garrick and his French Friends".The two comedians were one day out riding together:—

As' they passed through what was "hen the village of , Passy, Preville amused himself by pretrending to be drunk. Garrick praised his imitation, but pointed out that his leg s had remained sober. He then began, in his turn, to play the drunkard, and carried his sport so far that he fell off his horse*, and remained senseless on the road. - At this Preville dismounted in haste, and ran to help him; but, when Garriok opened his eyes and burst out laughing at his distress, he owned himself beaten. Another day, they were waiting in the diligence to go to Versailles; but the driver refused to st^rt till he had at least four other travellers. On this, Garrick got out of the vehicle, and changing his gait and voice, hailed the coachman seated on the box, and got in again. He repeated this trick four times, each time with a different voice and appearance. The driver, believing that he was now "full inside," cracked his whip, and started off with the two actors.