Humphrey Bishop Coy.
OPERA HOUSE"SATURDAY. Apropos of George Russ, “Scratchbr,” the well-known London comedian of tlie Humphrey Bishop Conyiany, wlio commence a five nights’ season at the Opera House on Saturday next, tho’London “Stage” says: “It is interesting to note that Mr. Ross assumed the character make up as a joke originally, and hired himself out as a stage hand to a well-known London manager. During the action of a certain Revue there occurred a stage wait, with the manager,rushing about behind tiie scenes for someone to fill the hiatus. Mr. Ross volunteered to amuse the audience. In sheer desperation the manager pushed him before the footlights, and from that moment the stage character of “Scratcher,” the stage hand, was born. His interpretation of what the cowboys did to his concert party in the wild woolly west of North America, has made the name of ‘Scratcher,’ a household word wherever lie has appeared. He is one of the three comedians in the Humphrey Bishop Company. Plans are now open at Tattersal and Bnyly’s. There will be an entire change of programme on Tuesday and Thursday.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXV, Issue 10304, 13 January 1927, Page 6
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185Humphrey Bishop Coy. Gisborne Times, Volume LXV, Issue 10304, 13 January 1927, Page 6
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