An Inconvenient Break Down
THE play of King Lear being performed at Reading, the representative
of Glo'ster was, on one occasion, taken ill, and another actor was
found to take the part at a short notice. He got on famously as far as
the scene where Glo'ster had his eyes put out, when he came to a stand
still, and was obliged to beg permission to read the rest of the part.