Slide set: The old actor's story (recitation: Bamforth & Co., 26 slides, 1899)

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Individual slides contained in this set (listed below slide images)

Slide 1

Intro. with Title

Slide 2

Mine is a wild, strange story -- the strangest you ever heard

Slide 3

(Effect) But I see it again this evening -- I can never shut out the sight

Slide 4

The parson gave us his blessing, and I gave Nelly the ring

Slide 5

We were happy and loved each other, and laughed at the shifts we made

Slide 6

We went on a sailing vessel, and the journey was long and rough

Slide 7

My poor little wife fell ailing, grew worse, and at last so bad

Slide 8

So still I'd to bend and listen for the faintest sign of breath

Slide 9

I knelt in the little cabin, and prayer after prayer I said

Slide 10

Dead! I wouldn't believe it. They forced me away that night

Slide 11

The locked me away from my fellows -- put me in cruel chains

Slide 12

I spent that night with the irons heavy upon my wrists

Slide 13

I heard the cry, 'Ship a-fire!' caught up by a hundred throats

Slide 14

I beat at the door and shouted, but never a sound came back

Slide 15

I dashed at the door in fury, shrieking, 'I will not die!'

Slide 16

I fought my way to the cabin, choked with the burning breath

Slide 17

O, was there mercy in heaven -- was there a God in the skies?

Slide 18

I cursed like a madman raving -- I cried to her 'Nell! my Nell!'

Slide 19

I clutched at her -- roused her shrieking --the stupor was on her still

Slide 20

God knows how I did it, but blindly I fought through the flames and the wreck

Slide 21

We'd a moment of life together -- a moment of life, the time

Slide 22

When a shout came over the water, and I looked, and lo, there lay

Slide 23

They had seen our forms on the vessel, as the flames lit up the sky

Slide 24

I shouted a prayer to heaven, then called to my wife and she

Slide 25

Tore with new strength at my fetters -- God helped her, and I was free

Slide 26**

Did they save us? Well, here I am, sir, and yonder's my dear old wife

** there are alternative versions or views of this slide

Slide title

Format

Image type

Production

Background

1

Intro. with Title

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Drawing / painting / print

Photography

N/A

image content: Text – slide set title

2

Mine is a wild, strange story -- the strangest you ever heard

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Exterior location

3

(Effect) But I see it again this evening -- I can never shut out the sight

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Exterior location

4

The parson gave us his blessing, and I gave Nelly the ring

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Interior location

5

We were happy and loved each other, and laughed at the shifts we made

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

6

We went on a sailing vessel, and the journey was long and rough

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

7

My poor little wife fell ailing, grew worse, and at last so bad

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

8

So still I'd to bend and listen for the faintest sign of breath

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

9

I knelt in the little cabin, and prayer after prayer I said

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

10

Dead! I wouldn't believe it. They forced me away that night

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

11

The locked me away from my fellows -- put me in cruel chains

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

12

I spent that night with the irons heavy upon my wrists

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

13

I heard the cry, 'Ship a-fire!' caught up by a hundred throats

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

14

I beat at the door and shouted, but never a sound came back

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

15

I dashed at the door in fury, shrieking, 'I will not die!'

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

16

I fought my way to the cabin, choked with the burning breath

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

17

O, was there mercy in heaven -- was there a God in the skies?

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

18

I cursed like a madman raving -- I cried to her 'Nell! my Nell!'

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

19

I clutched at her -- roused her shrieking --the stupor was on her still

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

20

God knows how I did it, but blindly I fought through the flames and the wreck

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

21

We'd a moment of life together -- a moment of life, the time

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

22

When a shout came over the water, and I looked, and lo, there lay

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Drawing / painting / print

Photography

N/A

23

They had seen our forms on the vessel, as the flames lit up the sky

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

24

I shouted a prayer to heaven, then called to my wife and she

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

25

Tore with new strength at my fetters -- God helped her, and I was free

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

26

Did they save us? Well, here I am, sir, and yonder's my dear old wife

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Exterior location

Lucerna ID 3001438

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 8 March 2024

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