JEALOUSY ON THE STAGE.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2616, 25 September 1909, Page 3 (Supplement)

JEALOUSY ON THE STAGE.

'•lt’s curious,” said a theatrical manager who had experienced many and downs, “how the stage develops jealousies. I once had a show on the road in nvhich it was necessary to make use of a horse and a donkey. "We got the animals well trained for their parts, and on the opening night they gave a. first-class performance. On the following night, however,. We were unable to get the donkey to move out of the “wings. Prince, the horse, went on without any trouble whatever, hut Jack—that was the name jof the donkey—could neither be coaxed nor driven out before the footlights. “We finally had to go on with the performance with the donkey left out. After the show was over we got together and tried' to find out what had been the matter. Nobody could offer an explanation, until one of the stage hands happened to pick up a programme, which showed that Prince's name was printed in the same kind of type we used for Jack. “We got a new lot of programmes the next day, with the donkey’s nameprinted in type which was nearly twice as big as that which we used for the horse. After that we never had the slightest trouble.”