Another remarkable example of the tragic accidents that occasionally happenjoo the stage is that afforded by the of the great actress, Madame Linsky, while performing at Arnstadt in the presence of the royal family, Daring the action of the play she was placed against a wall where she was supposed to be shot by a firing party consisting of six solders, who instructed to bite off the ballet when biting the cartridge; one of them, however, omitted to do this, When the smoke of the discharge bad cleared away the actress was observed to be still standing, but elmest immediately she sank to the ground exclaiming that was shot, She never spoke again, expired on the second day.
Half a dozen years earlier lar accident occurred at Dublin, where conjuror was performing the trick, forwards mede so popular by the celebrated Robert Houdain. This consisted in firing " pistol at the performer who, apparently, caught the bullet between his teeth. Unfortanately the young man who was called from ti audience to fire the shot had the wrong pistol handed to him, and a moment Inter a ballet crashed through the head of the unfortunate artiste.
Occasionally a tragedy has resulted from the actor so losing himeelf in his part as to be unconscious of the mimic character of his actions. It is recorded of Jalius Casar that he played Hercules Farens in his own theatre; one of hie
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