The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

STAGE FRIGHT

SARAH BERNHARDT MANAGED TO GET OVER HER STAGE FRIGHT BY PEEKING
THROUGH A TINY HOLE IN THE CURTAIN SHORTLY BEFORE THE PLAY WAS TO
BEGIN AND IMAGINING, SO STRONGLY THAT SHE COULD REALLY PICTURE IT,
THAT EVERYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WAS NAKED. SHE, HOWEVER, WOULD BE
IN COSTUME. IT WORKED EVERY TIME.

Submitter comment: INFORMANT WAS AN ENGLISH AND DRAMA TEACHER AT MERCY HIGH SCHOOL.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Date learned: NOT GIVEN