Performing Arts
The Cinema of Orson Welles
Read by Ben Tucker
Peter Bogdanovich
Acclaimed director Peter Bogdanovich (The Last Picture Show, Paper Moon) was, early in his career, a film critic. It was during this time t…
Autobiography of an Actress; or Eight Years on the Stage
Read by Kelly S. Taylor
Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie
Anna Cora Mowatt was the author of the first Broadway comedy hit written by a woman. Her 1845 play “Fashion” is still performed today. She w…
The Unmasking of Robert-Houdin
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Harry Houdini
This work is by Harry Houdini, and was an attempt, by him, to undermine the public reverence for the man regarded as the master of modern ma…
Sawdust and Spangles
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William Cameron Coup
Subtitled "Stories and Secrets of the Circus", this book tells some of the stories of circuses in the era of P.T. Barnum from the …
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
Read by James R. Hedrick
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…