The Daily Dispatch: February 1, 1861., [Electronic resource], Real Insanity on the stage.

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Real Insanity on the stage.

--A Boston actor has been gradually getting insane. Night after night he acted, until his imagination's lethargy so increased that it was even necessary to have an "extra" dressed for the same part, stationed in the "wings," ready at any moment to assume the role. All action was based upon a desire to keep from Mr. Whitman a knowledge of his condition. At length, however, all precautions were useless, and even in his stage costume were his friends compelled to remove him to the asylum for the insane. The whisperings of the "little people" had probably reached his ears — the unusual watching of his movements by these not overstocked with discretion, had undoubtedly given impotus to the smouldering flame within him — and the climax was only reached after the kindest attentions from all around him.

The Daily Dispatch: February 1, 1861. Richmond Dispatch. 4 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. February 1, 1861. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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