May 1896The St. Louis Union
FRANK JAMES TURNS THESPIAN
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His Views on His Brother
The Opera House at Gallatin was thronged to capacity last night for the opening of Mr. Milton LeGrow’s production of William Shakespeare’s Richard III. It turned out to be a passably good blood and thunder epic, filled with murder, conspiracy, war, and poison. But despite it’s relentless action, the audience was most amused during those moments when a certain newcomer, portraying King Edward IV of England, trod the boards.
“My brother killed no man,” the old king declaimed. “His fault was thought, and yet his punishment was bitter death… .”
These lines brought down the house, most probably because they were recited by that illustrious ex-outlaw Frank James.
“It’s the most receptive audience I’ve se
