Veteran actor Barnes once met in the States the most illiterate theatrical magnate on record. He (tho magnate) strolled into one of the theatres while a rehearsal of the "Passion Play" was in progress. "Who are tliem chaps?" ho inquired, pointing to a bevy of whiskered supers. "Tlicy are the Twelve 'Apostles," ho was tokl. "Twelve!" ho exclaimed. "WhatV tlia good of twelve on a big stago_ like that? Put fifty, apostles ou the iob."
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2350, 5 January 1915, Page 3
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75Untitled Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2350, 5 January 1915, Page 3
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