CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
AN INTRODUCTION
THE THEATER AT A GLANCE
SOME PEOPLE I'VE LIED ABOUT
THE WRITING AND READING OF PLAYS
THE PERSONALITIES OF OUR PLAYWRIGHTS
STAGE STRUCK
ON THE GREAT WHITE WAY
WHAT HAPPENS AT REHEARSALS
THE ART OF "GETTING IT OVER"
SOMETHING ABOUT "FIRST NIGHTS"
IN VAUDEVILLE
WITH THE PEOPLE "IN STOCK"
SITTING IN JUDGMENT WITH THE GODS
THE SMART SET ON THE STAGE
"Plays are put up in packages and sold at the delicatessen shops"
THE
FOOTLIGHTS
FORE AND AFT
BY
CHANNING POLLOCK
WITH 50 FULL PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS BY
WARREN ROCKWELL
RICHARD G. BADGER
THE GORHAM PRESS
BOSTON
Copyright 1911 by Richard G. Badger
All Rights Reserved
The articles that make up this volume originally appeared, at various times, in Collier's Weekly, The Saturday Evening Post, The Associated Sunday Magazines, The Smart Set, Munsey's Magazine, Ainslee's Magazine, Smith's Magazine, and The Green Book Album. The author desires to thank the editors of these periodicals for permission to republish.
The Gorham Press Boston, U. S. A.
TO THE LADY WHO GOES TO THE THEATER WITH ME
