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My mother was an actress with beautiful blue eyes and long brown
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hair that she could sit upon. She did not have a strong voice, but had
to keep working on the stage. By and by her voice grew worse. She
could not rely on it. In the middle of singing it would suddenly turn
into a whisper, and the audience would laugh and shout.
(1) It´ was because of her trouble with her voice that at the age of five
In those days she usually
I made my first appearance on the stage
brought me to the theatre at night. She didn't want to leave me alone.
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at night.
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I remember standing in the wings one evening when Mother's voice
became weaker and went into a whisper. The audience began to laugh.
And the noise increased until Mother had to walk off the stage.
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(2) Very excited, she talked with the stage manager, who said some-
thor,
thing about letting me go on in her place.
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(注) wings =舞台脇; そで stage manager =‡
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