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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Mar 09, 1913

Page

36

Quo Vadis Becomes Real on Screen With Arena Horrors

A new motion picture recreates Nero era Rome with live beasts and martyrs in a brutal arena sequence. Filmmakers hired European animal trainers, built a faithful amphitheatre model, and used real people at risk, including injuries, to depict the grim fate of early Christians for the Quo Vadis film.

Nero Rome Sienkiewicz Flm Nore Europe Hagenbeck United States

Actors Die on Stage in Their Strongest Roles

A cellist recalls actors dying at peak moments of their performances. Henry Irving died mid line in Becket, Samuel Phelps collapsed during Cardinal Woolsey, Temple Crozier stabbed in a stage duel, Kean and Palmer also died while delivering famous lines. The piece explains how intense acting can exhaust vital organs.

Sir Henry Irving Thomas Sw’ Becket Sir Henry Samuel Phelps Cardinal Woolsey Old Aquarium Theatre London Novelty Theatre Kingsway Temple Crozier Edmund Kean John Palmer Kean

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