A somewhat startling episode oc- : cuml during the performance of the “Scarlet Pimpernel/’ at the. Theatre Itoval, in Christclnirch. Towards tho end of the second act the. electric wires which carried the current to., the cluster of lights above tho centre of the stage suddenly fused. For a second or two a brilliant flue flame sputtered downwards, much to the consternation of the audience, and Miss Ola .Humphrey, who was acting at the time. However, the current was soon switched off. and tho performance proceeded after the unexpected diversion;
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2227, 26 June 1908, Page 2
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89Page 2 Advertisements Column 5 Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2227, 26 June 1908, Page 2
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