Felix Cherniavsky - Anderson V Allen, Sydney, AU, 1914

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Felix Cherniavsky - Anderson V Allen, Sydney, AU, 1914

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Excerpt from Radio Script " Ellen Terry " by Maud Allan Dear beautiful , beloved Ellen Terry . In Sydney I met with an accident which was caused by a hole in the tage . It was a severe accident a , nd interrupted my engagements for many weeks . When recovered , I went to Western Australia to take the dates that had been booked months before . When I returned to Sydney and opened at another theatre , the management of the first theatre sued me for breach of contract . The fault was entirely the theatre's , yet the case went on for several tiresome days , and just as the battle had been fought and the jury was filing out to deliberate , who should enter the Court but Ellen Terry . Quite out of breath she said " My dear , I have just arrived from New Zealand and , hearing of this case , I have come directly from the boat to you . Can I help in any way ? " Impatiently she waited for the jury " to return and then she said , for all to hear , " why , it is quite simple , you were injured and the stage had a hole in it large enough to cause such an accident , so why on earth are the jurymen so slow in deciding ? " She was quite willing to gate crash the jury room !! Ofcourse the ovation she received was tremendous . [ ?? ] I had to rush off to give a matinee but Ellen Terry waited for the decision , and about an hour later I saw her and , of all people , the opposing counsel , standing in the wings smiling at me . Ellen was waving her hands and blowing kisses to me while I floated airily across the stage to the strains of an enchanting Chopin Waltz . I didn't have to ask who had won . In summing up , the learned Judge side stepped and complimented me on my tidy mind ' ( to quote him ) and of ' the way I defended myself . He ended " If ever you wish to give up dancing , Miss Allan , I suggest you read for the Bar . I consider you eminently fitted for such a profession . " I was flattered indeed . When Ellen Terry and I parted , she went North and I went South . I did not see her again until I returned to London several years later . [ Ellen Terry couldn't stand her , but no matter !: ]