Little Masterpieces of Autobiography: Actors
George Iles
Read by Lee Smalley
The playwright gives a play its plot, characters, dialog and form, but its sense of living reality is conveyed by the art of the actor. This fascinating collection of perspectives on acting is taken from biographies and autobiographies of American, British and Italian actors of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
John Wilkes Booth, an actor and the assassin of President Abraham Lincoln, is recalled by his brother, the great actor Edwin Booth, and by acclaimed actress Clara Morris. -- Lee Smalley (4 hr 34 min)
Chapters
| Preface | 3:32 | Read by Lee Smalley |
| Joseph Jefferson, Part 1 | 16:57 | Read by Lee Smalley |
| Joseph Jefferson, Part 2 | 14:23 | Read by Lee Smalley |
| Edwin Booth | 23:33 | Read by Lee Smalley |
| Charlotte Cushman | 20:39 | Read by Lee Smalley |
| Clara Morris, Part 1 | 20:26 | Read by Lee Smalley |
| Clara Morris, Part 2 | 19:52 | Read by Lee Smalley |
| Sir Henry Irving | 13:56 | Read by Lee Smalley |
| Henry Brodribb Irving | 28:18 | Read by Lee Smalley |
| EllenTerry | 20:03 | Read by Lee Smalley |
| Richard Mansfield | 30:01 | Read by Lee Smalley |
| Tommaso Salvini, Part 1 | 24:32 | Read by Lee Smalley |
| Tommaso Salvini, Part 2 | 20:20 | Read by Lee Smalley |
| Adelaide Ristori | 18:02 | Read by Lee Smalley |