Little Masterpieces of Autobiography: Actors
by George Iles
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About This Book
Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden Leaf Printing on round Spine (extra customization on request like complete leather, Golden Screen printing in Front, Color Leather, Colored book etc.) Reprinted in 2018 with the help of original edition published long back [1913]. This book is printed in black & white, sewing binding for longer life, printed on high quality Paper, re-sized as per Current standards, professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books, we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or m...
Chapters (87)
- PREFACE
- JOSEPH JEFFERSON
- HOW I CAME TO PLAY RIP VAN WINKLE
- THE ART OF ACTING
- PREPARATION AND INSPIRATION
- SHOULD AN ACTOR "FEEL" HIS PART
- JOSEPH JEFFERSON IN MONTREAL
- THE JEFFERSON FACE
- EDWIN BOOTH
- TO HIS DAUGHTER
- TO HIS DAUGHTER
- TO HIS DAUGHTER
- TO HIS DAUGHTER
- TO HIS DAUGHTER
- TO HIS DAUGHTER
- TO HIS DAUGHTER
- TO MISS EMMA F. CARY SAINT VALENTINE'S DAY, 1864.
- TO MR. NAHUM CAPEN
- ADVICE TO A YOUNG ACTOR
- CHARLOTTE CUSHMAN
- AS A CHILD A MIMIC AND SINGER
- FIRST VISITS TO THE THEATRE
- PLAYS LADY MACBETH, HER FIRST PART
- TO A YOUNG ACTRESS [PART OF A LETTER]
- TO A YOUNG MOTHER
- EARLY GRIEFS. ART HER ONLY SPOUSE
- FAREWELL TO NEW YORK
- CLARA MORRIS
- SOME RECOLLECTIONS OF JOHN WILKES BOOTH
- THE MURDER OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN
- WHEN IN MY HUNT FOR A LEADING MAN FOR MR. DALY I FIRST SAW COGHLAN AND IRVING
- SIR HENRY IRVING
- THE STAGE AS AN INSTRUCTOR
- INSPIRATION IN ACTING
- ACTING AS AN ART. HOW IRVING BEGAN
- FEELING AS A REALITY OR A SEMBLANCE
- GESTURE. LISTENING AS AN ART. TEAM-PLAY ON THE STAGE
- HENRY BRODRIBB IRVING
- THE CALLING OF AN ACTOR
- REQUIREMENTS FOR THE STAGE
- TEMPTATIONS ON THE STAGE
- ACTING IS A GREAT ART
- RELATIONS TO "SOCIETY"
- THE FINAL SCHOOL IS THE AUDIENCE
- FAILURE AND SUCCESS
- ELLEN TERRY
- HAMLET—IRVING'S GREATEST PART
- THE BIRMINGHAM NIGHT
- THE ENTRANCE SCENE IN "HAMLET"
- THE SCENE WITH THE PLAYERS
- IRVING ENGAGES ME ON TRUST
- IRVING'S EGOTISM
- IRVING'S SIMPLICITY OF CHARACTER
- RICHARD MANSFIELD
- MAN AND THE ACTOR
- NAPOLEON AS ACTOR
- THE GIFT FOR ACTING IS RARE
- THE CREATION OF A CHARACTER
- COPY LIFE
- SELF-CRITICISM
- DISCIPLINE IMPERATIVE
- DRAMATIC VICISSITUDES
- A NATIONAL THEATRE
- TRAINING THE ACTOR
- TOMMASO SALVINI
- FIRST APPEARANCE
- A FATHER'S ADVICE
- HOW SALVINI STUDIED HIS ART
- FAULTS IN ACTING
- THE DESIRE TO EXCEL IN EVERYTHING
- A MODEL FOR OTHELLO
- FIRST TRIP TO THE UNITED STATES
- IN CUBA
- APPEARANCE IN LONDON
- IMPRESSIONS OF IRVING'S "HAMLET"
- THE DECLINE OF TRAGEDY
- TRAGEDY IN TWO LANGUAGES
- AMERICAN CRITICAL TASTE
- IMPRESSIONS OF EDWIN BOOTH
- ADELAIDE RISTORI
- FIRST APPEARANCES
- SALVINI AND ROSSI
- APPEARS AS LADY MACBETH
- AS MANAGER
- FIRST VISIT TO AMERICA
- BEGINS TO PLAY IN ENGLISH
- THE ACTOR VALEDICTORY STANZAS TO J. P. KEMBLE, JUNE, 1817, BY THOMAS CAMPBELL.
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