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Show -8- pit and vented hi :-; 'l!''rath orJ a rua.n who he thought ~~ .. as the conductor, btit in realitv waP onl~..v the ii.rummero The druramer exnlain'3-d hi e: I.'O ~:,iti.on / v~ ~ - to Henry Miller, but Miller did not fort!et it, . and · ~ hen the m; .... nager of the Theatre -,;a~ looking for g pla.ce in the pit to J.J 'J~-o, c. ne-;.' organ~ ;_~{iller sugge s ted the drununer' ·.~ ~jo~i tiono 40 -rany othB:i: r .. rtiste had unusual characteristics . lticnard Mansfield 41 demanded and controlled. by s ome ~.: tr,:tnge pov·:er, absolute quiet backstage~ ·At one of her performances 1- Madame Safin '<1c<J.lchi did not appear because her pet parrot, which spoke three languages 8 French, EnglizhJ and Italian, had diedo42 c. w. Cauldockts performance in Hazel Kirkham waz so excellent that many people in the audience 1vept "~.:«Jhen he drove his daughter · out Qnto a blizzard. 43 1'!arah Bernhardt gave som+f her beut performances Ai\. in Salt I~ake .. ~..1:- De Pachman, the greateBt Chopin player of all time, ;:ao one of the mort eccentric of all the artiste to appearo One of hiz pecul-ia. ri ties ':Jas ths.t of talking conutantly while he '.vas :playing. He often remarked vvhen he was :ple..ying a difficult run, "Listen to this beautiful runott- De Pachma.n was a collector of diamonds, and during his stay here, he \VaL looking for a green diamond. He had already 40 Pyper, ·.Q.l2. .. illo J P· 30..:Je 41 ~OJ p .. 305o 42 lE..!.Stc • p .. 314o 43 Spencet, !:Q£.o illo 44 LOCo £..llo |
