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The Argus
Rock Island, Rock Island County County, Illinois
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In Casale, Piedmont, northern Italy, an actor playing the lead role in a theater production shot himself dead on stage after prolonged audience hissing. His wife, watching from a box, tried to leap down in frenzy but was restrained and carried out unconscious.
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New York, Aug. 16.—A special cable from London says a real tragedy of the theatre has occurred at Casale, a town of Piedmont, in northern Italy. An actor who was playing the leading part failed to please the audience, who displayed their disapproval by prolonged hissing. The actor stopped suddenly in his lines and, advancing to the foot-lights, deliberately drew a revolver and shot himself dead. His wife, who was seated in a box, witnessed the tragedy, and in a frenzy attempted to leap to the floor beneath. She was restrained by friends and was carried from the theatre unconscious.
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Casale, Piedmont, Italy
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actor shot himself dead; wife restrained after attempting to leap and carried unconscious.
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An actor playing the leading part in a theater production at Casale failed to please the audience, who hissed prolonged disapproval. He stopped his lines, advanced to the foot-lights, drew a revolver, and shot himself dead. His wife in a box witnessed it, attempted to leap to the floor in frenzy, was restrained by friends, and carried from the theatre unconscious.