Performing Arts
Studies in Stagecraft
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Clayton Hamilton
A companion piece to Hamilton's earlier work, The Theory of the Theatre. Where that volume dealt with the criticism of dramatic art in gener…
Problems of the Playwright
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Clayton Hamilton
A third volume of essays by American critic Clayton Hamilton, published as a companion piece to The Theory of the Theatre & Studies in S…
Shakespeare at the Globe, 1599-1609
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Bernard Beckerman
One of the most important pieces of Shakespearian scholarship to appear in several years, this brilliant work offers new perspectives on the…
Life of Liszt
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Ludwig Nohl
The Hungarian virtuoso pianist and composer, Franz Liszt (1811 – 1886), is still regarded as one of the greatest classical musicians of all …
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 …
Circus Life and Circus Celebrities
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Thomas Frost
Discover the exciting, shocking, and sometimes strange world of the 19th century big top! In Circus Life and Circus Celebrities, you'll read…
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…
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…