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Stuart Robson Fools The Audience

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Parent Issue
Day
27
Month
March
Year
1891
Copyright
Public Domain
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The late Robert Craig, that wonderful imitative genius, was once playing hisimitation farce, "A Dress Rehearsal," at the Boston Museum. Among others he was to imítate Stuart Robson as "Jem Baggs." Robson had by chance dropped into the theatre and gone to Craig's dressing room. Asking what was to come next, Mr. Robson was told that it was the representation of himself, and was informed by the mimic tha he wished it was over for he wa tired out. Robson carne to his re ef in an astonishing manner, for in n instant he had donned Craig's ostumes, and at the cali tripped nto the stage. Robson imitating lobson was a novelty, and not a oul among actors or audience reamed of the trick, and as the reat comedian left the stage he was ollowed by rapturous applause. An ld gentleman remarked to the manger at the close of the performance, VIr. Craig's Dickens is quite fair, nd his Jefferson, so-so, but his Robon not a bit like him. I have seen liat comedian time and again, and I ell you Craig's imitation was vile, tterly vile." This great comedian can be seen n Bronson Howard's great comedy, 'The Henrietta," at the Grand Opera House, April i4th.