Performing Arts
The Art of Story-Telling, with nearly half a hundred stories
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Julia Darrow Cowles
In preparing this book the author has sought to awaken a keener perception and a higher appreciation of the artistic and ethical value of st…
Biographical Notice Of Nicolo Paganini With An Analysis Of His Compositions And…
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Francois-Joseph Fetis
Niccolò (or Nicolò) Paganini (1782 – 1840) was an Italian violinist, violist, guitarist, and composer. He was the most celebra…
The Theory of the Theatre, and Other Principles of Dramatic Criticism
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Clayton Hamilton
A collection of essays by American critic Clayton Hamilton concerning theatre & dramatic practices, and the criticism thereof, from an e…
The Cinema of Orson Welles
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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
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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…
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…
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 …
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 …
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…
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…
Arthur Wing Pinero, Playwright - A Study
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Hamilton Fyfe
A discussion about the life and works of the playwright Arthur Wing Pinero. The perfect accompaniment to the plays by Pinero available here …
Seen on the Stage
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Clayton Hamilton
A fourth collection of essays on theatre by American critic Clayton Hamilton, intended as a suffix to his earlier works, The Theory of the T…
Shadowland: September, 1919
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Shadowland was an American monthly magazine about art, dance, and film published from 1919 to 1923 before being absorbed by Motion Picture C…