Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 75, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 March 1920 — Insane Actor Earned Plaudits. [ARTICLE]

Insane Actor Earned Plaudits.

In 1866 the Laura Keene theater. In New York city, popularly known as Laura Keene’s Varieties, was opened. It remained under the management of Laura Keene until 1863. As its name impure a variety of plays and of actors staged here. Among the latter were Joe Jefferson, the elder Bothern, Matilda Heron and Mrs. D. P. Bowers. “Humpty Dumpty” produced there in pantomime, probably had the longest run of any performance of its day. The Automobile Blue Book tells a pathetic tale of George Fox In . connection with his last appearance on the stage. He is said to have become Insane from the poison in the powder which he had to.use in whitening his face and head when making up for hl» part as a clown. But so much had this work become a part of his life that after being made up by an assistant he would be placed upon the stage and from mere force of habit would play his part Just aa well, if not better, than before Ms mind hod become affotted. 7