The Fun Library, vol. 8: Stage, Study & Studio
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Book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart Introduction by Larry Gelbart "This brazenly retro Broadway musical, inspired by Plautus, is as timeless as comedy itself." -Vincent Canby, The New York Times "The most urbane and literate musical comedy text ever conceived." -John Simon, New York magazine
Chapters (394)
- STAGE, STUDY & STUDIO
- PREFACE
- INDEX TO THE ILLUSTRATIONS
- CHIEF ARTISTS REPRESENTED
- PRINCIPAL LITERARY CONTENTS
- PANTOMIMICS
- PLAYERS’ PRANKS
- ON THE STAGE AND OFF
- EMMA AND ULPHO A DRAMA IN FIVE ACTS WRITTEN FOR EASTER, SANCTIONED BY THE LORD CHAMBERLAIN, BUT REJECTED BY ALL THE THEATRES.
- ACT I.
- ACT II.
- ACT III.
- ACT IV.
- ACT V.
- HUMOURS OF THE PLAYHOUSE
- THE BALD BARON Or, THE FALSE HEIR AND THE ABSENT WILL A SENSATIONAL DRAMA IN FOUR ACTS.
- ACT I.
- ACT II.
- ACT III.
- ACT IV.
- FUN AT THE PLAY
- SCENERY AND COSTUME OF THE STAGE
- ASS YOU LIKE IT
- HAMLET’S LAST SOLILOQUY
- AMONG THE AMATEURS
- AT THE MASQUERADE
- THE AMATEUR FLUTE-PLAYER
- ONLY SEVEN
- LYCEUM LYRICS
- (After Ben Jonson.)
- (After Herrick.)
- (After Lovelace.)
- THE POETS’ CORNER
- THE POETS AT PLAY
- MOTLEY’S KINGDOM
- AN ILLUSTRATED EDITION OF THE POETS
- POETS AND THEIR PATRONS
- THE PAST.
- THE PRESENT.
- My Manuscripts
- A MAN I HATE
- MAINLY ABOUT AUTHORS
- A WHITCOMB RILEY STORY
- MARK TWAIN AND THE KEY
- HUMOURS OF THE PRINTING-HOUSE
- HARRIS-ING REFLECTIONS
- THE EDITOR IN HIS DEN
- HUMOURS OF ADVERTISING
- THE JOURNALISTIC INSTINCT.
- APPROVED BY THE EDITOR
- RULES FOR NEWSPAPER CORRESPONDENTS
- LITERARY FLUNKEYISM
- Studies from the Study
- HUMOURS OF OUR LANGUAGE (Or, MORE “POETS AT PLAY.”)
- MORE HUMOURS OF ADVERTISING
- HE NEVER CALLED AGAIN.
- A DANGEROUS WRITER
- THE PHILOSOPHER’S REVENGE A STORY WITHOUT WORDS IN SIXTEEN CHAPTERS.
- FUN IN THE STUDIO
- ROUND THE GALLERIES
- PAINTERS AND GAZERS A SKETCH AT THE ROYAL ACADEMY
- A DREAM OF UNFAIR WOMEN
- THE ARTIST OUT OF DOORS
- IMAGINARY CONVERSATIONS
- SCULPTURE & COMEDY
- PYRAMUS AND THISBE
- FUNNY FILMS Humours of Photography
- PHOTOGRAPHIC FAILURES
- THE PHOTOGRAPHS
- WANDERING MINSTRELS
- MRS. BROWN AND THE GERMAN BAND
- STREET MUSICIANS
- THROUGH THE OPERA GLASSES
- THE BOHEMIAN GIRL
- “TURNED OUT”
- RECOLLECTIONS OF THE OPERA
- A WOMAN’S THOUGHTS ABOUT WOMEN
- THE ONION GIRL
- PART I.
- THE ONION GIRL
- PART II.
- Transcription of texts inside illustrations
- Page 24.
- Page 25.
- Page 27.
- Page 31.
- Page32.
- Page 35.
- Page 39.
- Page 56.
- Page 57.
- Page 116 top.
- Page 116 bottom.
- Page 118.
- Page 178.
- Page 190 top.
- Page 249.
- Page 287.
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