" THE PAINTED WOMAN."
.•; ■ ■ *y- ■•:.-»■ -" ■ ■ ;:'■ *-■"' -i ;" WHO WAS SHI? ; "Who is t-j_e That'is-^hati I^ayigpe^; aw asking who:^witnessed 'the re-cent-production at the Sh4kespeare Thedtr^, Londbri, -of a pliiy "*foiip_gdr^ n episodes sfrom the life of. a LpridpilVptrfis?,". and bearing .tifle Vhlch p aiU , grapji..; _ . . , V . . .' f .XThe f<dJ^wing: as »E- Messrs "3«in%tt arid Beffinett,.t|ie prpprietorsof the theatre, can supply us for'our enlightenment, tind I- fear I c^juj4,.BPtihing.to_ their interesting story, calc^atpd;;.tOi satMy '.the- curiosity- they a>va^en;,(says "M-A.|?.^),- r - - - ft--'-' . ". A .'youngigiri, iho daai^hter ; of a peeper of a gambling saloon in (^eenSland^ Avas forced by hei' father to sing- ao*i dance fax his rough -.citgrtpijiiers"-^ v "anSi" these gentlemen, reanarking her pink, and yfihipe complexion, (a thing, we "are Assured, iii spitei of the spread of civilisation *nd face-im-4">rovere, which is " quite unknown in "ithe ■bush"), at pnce nickmdmed her the.Paintedl Woman." "In diter years," when' she. had| beponie a famous actress in Australia -and; liondon, she stiE retained her nickname"] and h ere Messrs Bennett and BeSMett'arei earefill to add that whenever " 'she w^s spoken of, in these days of 'her liistrionio fime^as the. Painted I^dy;' "one-^ould-ai-ways hetir vith the same breath that she/ was a gocd and true'Wbmari." ' (Applause from gallery.) .. I ifeaye been giving thei Shakespeare Theatre piece a magnificent advertisement by inquiring of all my theatripal frjcndlsr for -t>hafc -fampiis Aysti^l&ife a3Qd I^_«E^,a^^sVfrp3rft the ' Qu(fensl^d!,gaml>lVwig, (fen, .iittt "although I have put my questions to ladies and gentlemen who happen to know the personal history of every actor and actress of the past and present century I am none the "wiser. 1 . . ■ i i
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 7506, 13 September 1902, Page 4
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265"THE PAINTED WOMAN." Star (Christchurch), Issue 7506, 13 September 1902, Page 4
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