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In 1904 he returned to his journalistic career. Henry B. Harris, the theater manager, had been manager of May Irwin, Peter Dailey, Lily Langtry, Amelia Bingham, and launched Robert Edeson as star. He became the manager of the Hudson Theater in 1903 and the Hackett Theater in 1906. Among his best known productions are "The Lion and the Mouse," "The Traveling Salesman" and "The Third Degree."
Langtry would go off with a rush, pausing at intervals to listen for footsteps behind, and assure herself that the stick man was well out of reach. Once she relapsed into a dreamy reverie, and so far forgot herself as to allow her owner to wake her up with a tremendous whack, which sent her flying with such force that I was nearly jerked out of the saddle.
There was very little scenery at the Court, but a great deal of taste and care in selection. Every one was "Olivia" mad. The Olivia cap shared public favor with the Langtry bonnet. That most lovely and exquisite creature, Mrs. Langtry, could not go out anywhere, at the dawn of the 'eighties, without a crowd collecting to look at her!
My dear, how much did little Harris charge you for that dress? If I had your face and neck and figure I'd die before I'd live in Rivington. You're positively wasted, Honora. And if you stay there, no one will look at you, though you were as beautiful as Mrs. Langtry." "You're rather good-looking yourself, Lily," said Honora. "I'm ten years older than you, my dear, and I have to be so careful.
Bernard Shaw has been approached by Mrs. Langtry with a view to the immediate and splendid production of 'Captain Brassbound's Conversion. "Mr. Bernard Shaw, with the last flash of a trampled-out love, has repulsed Mrs. Langtry with a petulance bordering on brutality. "Mr.
After five minutes' dread lest he might be pursued, he struck a match and read: "Great Titchfield Street Branscombe 15, Churchill 11, Langtry 8, Gladstone 4. "Mortimer Street Langtry 11, Branscombe 9, Gladstone 6, Mary Anderson 6, Churchill 3. "Margaret Street Churchill 7, Anderson 6, Branscombe 5, Gladstone 4, Chamberlain 4. "Smaller streets Churchill 14, Branscombe 13, Gladstone 9, Langtry 9.
It was no rare thing to see the crowd, to ask its cause, to receive the answer, "Mrs. Langtry!" and to look in vain for the object of the crowd's admiring curiosity. This was all the more remarkable, and honorable to public taste, too, because Mrs. Langtry's was not a showy beauty.
Langtry! A small table and a couple of deck chairs graced the floor, while upon the walls a heterogeneous collection of pictures, including a coloured lithograph of a cottage and a brook, a fearful and wonderful portrayal of an otter, and a very fancy stag of unlimited points dazzled the eye.
Now for Romeo and Juliet! At that 100th-night celebration I saw Mrs. Langtry in evening dress for the first time, and for the first time realized how beautiful she was. Her neck and shoulders kept me so busy looking that I could neither talk nor listen. "Miss Sarah" and I have always been able to understand one another, although I hardly know a word of French and her English is scanty.
Langtry, Ellen Terry, Miss Nelly Farren, Sylvia Grey, and other leading lights of society and art, spread out for sale among the many-bladed knives, nickel forks and spoons, and German timepieces. Although the narrow alleys reeked with poisonous smells and filth and abomination of all kinds, Beïla is not unhealthy so at least the Wazir informed me.
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