Performing Arts
My Actor-Husband
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William James Mcglothlin
In presenting this autobiography to the public, the author feels it incumbent upon herself to impress upon her readers the fidelity and stri…
The Seven Lively Arts
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Gilbert Seldes
“... But, beside those great men, there is a certain number of artists who have a distinct faculty of their own by which they convey to us a…
Behind the Footlights
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Ethel Brilliana Tweedie
In this collection of essays the author gives us an opportunity to peek into the mysterious life of the theatre; she recalls her numerous co…
The True History of The Ghost; And All About Metempsychosis
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John Henry Pepper
This work portrays the true history of the illusionary tactic known as "Pepper's Ghost." This is a method of projecting an actor …
Charles Dickens and Music
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James T. Lightwood
This is a detailed exploration of the references to music in the novels of Dickens: songs, instrumental pieces, performers, composers, and m…
My Musical Life
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Walter Damrosch
This is the autobiography of the Prussian-born American conductor Walter Damrosch. It includes dozens of anecdotes about many of the great m…
Arthur Wing Pinero, Playwright - A Study
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Hamilton Fyfe
A discussion about the life and works of the playwright Arthur Wing Pinero. The perfect accompaniment to the plays by Pinero available here …
Seen on the Stage
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Clayton Hamilton
A fourth collection of essays on theatre by American critic Clayton Hamilton, intended as a suffix to his earlier works, The Theory of the T…
Shadowland: September, 1919
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Various
Shadowland was an American monthly magazine about art, dance, and film published from 1919 to 1923 before being absorbed by Motion Picture C…
Shadowland: October, 1919
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Shadowland was an American monthly magazine about art, dance, and film published from 1919 to 1923 before being absorbed by Motion Picture C…