Led astray

Full cast list.

Brief. Notes full houses. No mention of music.

Long article about “an altercation” that recently took place between actor Charles Thorne, Jr., and a critic named “Mr. Seilhamer” in the “barroom of the Union Square Hotel.”

The page number at the upper left reads 810, but that is clearly a typo and should read 310. Notes that Thorne “had been confined to his residence for some days by [illeg.] some threat” and “reappeared on Dec. 17… During his absence, Mr. F. F. Mackay fulfilled Thorne’s duties in a conscientious manner.” In a separate paragraph, there are the details of a strange altercation that took place on Wednesday (12/17/73) between Sheridan Shook and an audience member called Joseph Stone, who had thrown something on the stage during the performance from a proscenium box he shared with an English nobleperson called Lord Talbot and “some ladies.” Evidently “Mr. Shook pulled Mr. Stone’s nose until it bled, and it is said that the latter, after being thus convinced of his misconduct, apologized.”