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Little Masterpieces of Autobiography: Actors

by George Iles

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  1. 1Volume XXXVI — Preface
  2. 2Epigraph
  3. 3Joseph Jefferson
  4. 4How I Came to Play Rip Van Winkle
  5. 5The Art of Acting
  6. 6Preparation and Inspiration
  7. 7Should an Actor “Feel” His Part
  8. 8Joseph Jefferson in Montreal
  9. 9The Jefferson Face
  10. 10Edwin Booth
  11. 11To His Daughter
  12. 12To His Daughter
  13. 13To His Daughter
  14. 14To His Daughter
  15. 15To His Daughter
  16. 16To His Daughter
  17. 17To His Daughter
  18. 18To Miss Emma F. Cary Saint Valentine’s Day, 1864
  19. 19To Mr. Nahum Capen
  20. 20Advice to a Young Actor
  21. 21Charlotte Cushman
  22. 22As a Child a Mimic and Singer
  23. 23First Visits to the Theatre
  24. 24Plays Lady Macbeth, Her First Part
  25. 25To a Young Actress [Part of a Letter]
  26. 26To a Young Mother [From a Letter]
  27. 27Early Griefs. Art Her Only Spouse [From a Letter to a Friend]
  28. 28Farewell to New York
  29. 29Clara Morris
  30. 30Some Recollections of John Wilkes Booth
  31. 31The Murder of President Lincoln
  32. 32When in My Hunt for a Leading Man for Mr. Daly I First Saw Coghlan…
  33. 33Sir Henry Irving
  34. 34The Stage as an Instructor
  35. 35Inspiration in Acting
  36. 36Acting as an Art. How Irving Began
  37. 37Feeling as a Reality or a Semblance
  38. 38Gesture. Listening as an Art. Team-Play on the Stage
  39. 39Henry Brodribb Irving
  40. 40The Calling of an Actor
  41. 41Requirements for the Stage
  42. 42Temptations on the Stage
  43. 43Acting Is a Great Art
  44. 44Relations to “Society”
  45. 45The Final School Is the Audience
  46. 46Failure and Success
  47. 47Ellen Terry
  48. 48Hamlet — Irving’s Greatest Part
  49. 49The Birmingham Night
  50. 50The Entrance Scene in “Hamlet”
  51. 51The Scene With the Players
  52. 52Irving Engages Me on Trust
  53. 53Irving’s Egotism
  54. 54Irving’s Simplicity of Character
  55. 55Richard Mansfield
  56. 56Man and the Actor
  57. 57Napoleon as Actor
  58. 58The Gift for Acting Is Rare
  59. 59The Creation of a Character
  60. 60Copy Life
  61. 61Self-Criticism
  62. 62Discipline Imperative
  63. 63Dramatic Vicissitudes
  64. 64A National Theatre
  65. 65Training the Actor
  66. 66Tommaso Salvini
  67. 67First Appearance
  68. 68A Father’s Advice
  69. 69How Salvini Studied His Art
  70. 70Faults in Acting
  71. 71The Desire to Excel in Everything
  72. 72A Model for Othello
  73. 73First Trip to the United States
  74. 74In Cuba
  75. 75Appearance in London
  76. 76Impressions of Irving’s “Hamlet”
  77. 77The Decline of Tragedy
  78. 78Tragedy in Two Languages
  79. 79American Critical Taste
  80. 80Impressions of Edwin Booth
  81. 81Adelaide Ristori
  82. 82First Appearances
  83. 83Salvini and Rossi
  84. 84Appears as Lady Macbeth
  85. 85As Manager
  86. 86First Visit to America
  87. 87Begins to Play in English
  88. 88The Actor Valedictory Stanzas to J. P. Kemble, June, 1817, by Thoma…

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