GERMAN THEATRE DESPOT.
| HAPLESfS ACTOUS AXI) ACTUKSSKS. j DIKECTOirs KIU'TAL ILL-I'SACE. ~ , . J'criin. July 7. Extraordinary disclosures were' made Jit an action in which Herr Sclirunmt\ director of a theatre in Munich, e'aimcil damages from a local magazine for a I Mellon* article it had published concerning the treatment' of the members oi his company.
~™:' a r t r <'<>»'necl*(l with til,, tlieatr,. attended tlir tourt in a body, anil ,suhwas'i," as ■' prompter described how she J,ad had her facia! heauty marred ti,rough bciu,, Am,-'.. 1 v . -rbrmiijit with a lieavy buikh „f l a . was alleged that the actresses wore paid a salary of less than C 4 a month, and that t.iey had to find their <>»'n wardrobes The public were ex- '!, 1 the Court while certain evidence was as to Schrumnfs duet towards the women Tli«- presiding Judge, i„ eoimnentii," J"," : " "-Never be/ore us such testimony been given in this 01 rt. Jhe poorest working men do not endure sli eh treatment, and are better "If than these actors.-'' : SHinimpf was mulcted in costs, anil is i hel, to louse Ills license as a result of the revelations.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 52, 22 July 1914, Page 6
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190GERMAN THEATRE DESPOT. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 52, 22 July 1914, Page 6
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