MRS. ALEC-TWEEDIE
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
CHAPTER I THE GLAMOUR OF THE STAGE Girlish Dreams of
CHAPTER II CRADLED IN THE THEATRE Three Great
CHAPTER III THEATRICAL FOLK Miss Winifred Emery Amusing
CHAPTER IV PLAYS AND PLAYWRIGHTS Interview with Ibsen His
CHAPTER V THE ARMY AND THE STAGE Captain Robert Marshall From
CHAPTER VI DESIGNING THE DRESSES Sarah Bernhardt's Dresses and
CHAPTER VII SUPPER ON THE STAGE Reception on the St. James's
CHAPTER VIII MADAME SARAH BERNHARDT Sarah Bernhardt and her
CHAPTER IX AN HISTORICAL FIRST NIGHT An Interesting
CHAPTER X OPERA COMIC How W. S. Gilbert loves a Joke A
CHAPTER XI THE FIRST PANTOMIME REHEARSAL Origin of
CHAPTER XII SIR HENRY IRVING AND STAGE LIGHTING Sir Henry
CHAPTER XIII WHY A NOVELIST BECOMES A DRAMATIST Novels and
CHAPTER XIV SCENE-PAINTING AND CHOOSING A PLAY
CHAPTER XV THEATRICAL DRESSING-ROOMS A Star's
CHAPTER XVI HOW DOES A MAN GET ON THE STAGE? A Voice Trial How
CHAPTER XVII A GIRL IN THE PROVINCES Why Women go on the
CHAPTER XVIII PERILS OF THE STAGE Easy to Make a
CHAPTER XIX " CHORUS GIRL NUMBER II. ON THE LEFT " A Fantasy
Title: Behind the Footlights
Author: Mrs (Ethel) Alec-Tweedie
Language: English
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BEHIND THE FOOTLIGHTS
BY THE SAME AUTHOR.
MEXICO AS I SAW IT. Third Edition.
THROUGH FINLAND IN CARTS. Third Edition.
A WINTER JAUNT TO NORWAY. Second Edition.
THE OBERAMMERGAU PASSION PLAY. Out of print.
DANISH VERSUS ENGLISH BUTTER MAKING. Reprint from “Fortnightly.”
WILTON, Q.C. Second Edition.
A GIRL’S RIDE IN ICELAND. Third Edition.
GEORGE HARLEY, F.R.S.; or, the Life of a London Physician. Second Edition.
From a Sketch by Percy Anderson.
MISS CONSTANCE COLLIER AS PALLAS ATHENE IN “ULYSSES.”
Frontispiece.]
