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34. THE WERDS BROTHERS
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The Werds Brothers, describing themselves as eccentric American acrobats, made their debut at the Palace Theatre, Cork, in February 1909. One of them, the dapper-looking Charles Werds, had already some reputation as a clown and entertainer in Belgium and France; the desperate-looking Gustave Werds specialised in performing various dangerous stunts involving heavy falls on