Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 April 1907 — Happily Answered. [ARTICLE]
Happily Answered.
One of the hardest things for a player to bear is when an audience laughs during a serious scene, Many a performer by his wit has been able to Sfve a scene. An Incident of this kind was experienced by the late Thomas Keene while playing Richard 111. He had just finished exclaiming “A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!” when. a young man In the audience called out, “Won’t a donkey do?” and .Mr. Keene quietly responded, “Yes: come up.”
