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Cross, who played the part, letter-perfect and note-perfect, two days later, with great success.
The part of Mabel was played by Miss Marion Hood, a singularly beautiful young lady, and a brilliant vocalist. I believe it was her first appearance on the professional stage, and her excellent performance served to secure her many valuable offers. Two or three important members of the company claimed to be foreigners, and although they con sented, under pressure, to appear under English names, spoke nevertheless with strong Italian or French accents. One of them, an Italian, was brought to a sense of the situation by Mr. R. Barker, the stage manager, who was celebrated for his frank and unceremonious methods of address. Mr. Barker bore with the Italian gentleman for a week or two, but at last his patience was exhausted and he said to him Look here, my boy, we shall get on much better if you’ll give us a little more Whitechapel and a little less of the Mediterranean. The Italian gentleman took the hint; he became a native of Whitechapel, and the Mediterranean knew him no more.
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