Chinese Actors Stabbed Before the Audience Dairen, Aug, 30.
Real tragedy was enacted in full view of a forge audience at a Chinese theatre here last evesing.
While two Chinese actors were in the midst of a dramatic love scene, fan enraged man rushed on to the stage and stabbed both of them. Then, turning to the audience who, were'enthralled with the realism of the acting, he shrieked revenge and killed himself by driving the dagger The troupe had only recently arrived from Peking. - Liu Shu-kou, the leading female impersonator, and one of the victims of the stabbing affray, is in' critical condition, He is well known in Shanghai The reasons for the attack are lieved to be the recent discharge of the assailant Lin Shun-ye, from the troupe without compensation and the fact hat Lit Shou objected "Lia Shan-ye's attentions to Nit
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