Aaron A. Warford

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CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION.
THE STAGE AND EFFECTS.
DRESS.
MAKING UP.
EXPRESSION.
STAGE FALLS.
CASTING THE CHARACTERS.
HOW TO MAKE A SCENE PLOT.
HOW TO MAKE A PROPERTY-PLOT.
CHOOSING PLAYS.
DUTIES OF THE PROMPTER.
THE DUTY OF THE CALL-BOY.
“JUST FROM HOME.”
HANS BUMMELSTINE ON LOVE.
A PRACTICAL JOKE.
McFLYNN’S APPOINTMENT.
ORIGINAL IRISH SKETCH.
TEMPERANCE.
O’RIELLY’S DAUGHTER MARY.
LOVE IN THE CANEBRAKE.
THE RIVAL DARKEYS.
POLITICS.
LOVE AND POETRY.

HOW TO
BECOME AN ACTOR.

Giving complete instructions as to the Duties of the Stage Manager, Prompter, Scenic Artist, Property Man, and how to make out a Scene Plot, Property Plot, etc. Also, how to make up for the Various Characters seen on the Stage.

BY A PROMINENT STAGE MANAGER.

NEW YORK
FRANK TOUSEY, Publisher
24 Union Square

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1900, by

PRANK TOUSEY,

in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington, D. C.

HOW TO
Become an Actor.

HOW TO ACT, DRESS, MAKE UP, AND HOW TO RIG A STAGE FOR PRIVATE THEATRICALS.