ACCIDENT ON STAGE
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11 1 ** « ■ Comedlan Falls Into Orchasti-a Wall
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HAMILTON, Last Night. Excdtement was caused in Hamilton ' last night during th© performance of Mr Stanley McKay's Gaxeties when the prinicapl comedian, Jo© Lawman, in seekiflg to get ofl iflbt© ifltimate terms with th'e afidienee, stepped too far forward flnd fell into the orchesttal Well. Mr Lawman tbought h© Was stepping on a solid fiooriflg, bflt iflstead put his feet on a light cbveriflg bver the Well with the result that he went through and fell 6ft. Th© membefs ef the ebmpany and th© audience wero very Conoemed until th© populat comedian reappeared, s'crambling on to the stage and went on with the acfc Mr Lawman's leg "was badly bruised and it is surprising that he was not more seriously hurt.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 75, 15 April 1937, Page 5
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