George Iles gathers passages from the memoirs of famous actors, chosen to show how they learned and thought about their art. Joseph Jefferson explains how he came to play Rip Van Winkle and whether an actor should feel his part, and other players write about preparation and inspiration, touring, audiences and the gossip that follows performers offstage.
A compact anthology for theatre lovers curious about the nineteenth-century stage from the inside. Download the free EPUB.