An Amusing Mistake.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 29 August 1890, Page 2

An Amusing Mistake.

«. Thk tragedy of • Macbeth ' was acted at a town in Suffolk in 1828, and amongst tho audi^aea was a man who had be i n nearly fifty miles, in the course of the day, to see Corder, the inemora le murderer, hanged' -at" Bury. Such was the belief entertained to the List in some parts of the country that the extteme penalty of the law would not be inHie cd. i hat the man had seen him die was pestered on all sides for an account of the melancholy spec 1 tacle. At last he actually betook himself to the theatre, to ay..id further importunities.

Just as he entered, the fourth scone of tha of the tragedy of • Mac buth ' was couiaienciug, and he was quietly setting liimsflf down in a box near the stage, wli< j n Duncan

began, in the woids of the author, "Is excution d >ne oa Cawdor?" " Yes sir," said the man, '• I naw him hanged this morning -and that's tLe last time I'l answer any mor* questions about it." The audience were convulsed with laughter at the strange mistake, and it was some time before the performance could bo proceeded with.