People of the Stage Selving belief that a sort of spontaneous reality
Fragmentary text discusses perception of staged reality before observers. It hints at doubt about authenticity and raises questions of illusion in performance, suggesting a debate on what viewers accept as real. Names, dates, or places are not present in readable fragments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selving
League
Sprague
Chanley’s
Plaza
Gussie
Mrs. Dennett
Girls at the Lyric A Fitch German American Comedy Review
The critic assesses Clyde Fitch’s Girls as a German American adaptation. It praises the lively, naturalistic staging of three young women in a New York studio, lauds the ensemble including Pamela Gordon and Edgar Holt, and critiques Fitch’s occasional borrowings while deeming the play largely engaging, wholesome, and entertaining despite flaws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Fitch
Fitch
Alexander, Engel
Julius Horst
Mr. Fitch
Mr. Mansfield
William Winter
Douglas Jerrold
Ibsen
Zola
Becque
Scribe-Sardou
Dumas
New York City
Pamela Gordon
Pamela
Little Vi
Kate
Edgar
Walker
Pam
Mantelpiece
Edgar Holt
Sprague & Holt
Robin
Charles Cherry
Lucille Purcelle
Zelda Sears
Miss Purcelle
Balzac’s Early Stage Experiments and Struggles
The article traces Honore Balzac’s shift from failed play attempts to prolific novel writing. It notes Cromwell and Henriette d Angleterre as early projects rejected by Andrieux, Balzac’s debt, and his turn to writing for the stage. It highlights the brisk, less costly speed of playwriting versus the patient, costly novel process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honore Balzac
Cromwell
Henriette d’Angleterce
Andrieux
Balzac
Honore
Fic
Eugene Sue
France
England
America
Medecin de Campagne
2 Boulevards
Aoicc
The Theater and Drama Insight on a New Day in Stage Talent
Wilton Lackaye praises rapid growth of American plays and a widening talent pool. He notes new managers and authors from universities and journalism, with abroad scouting for material in England France Germany and Russia. He cites Rostand Bernstein Schnitzier Molnar Maugham Kennedy and figures like Hall Caine and M Barrie as rising forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilton Lackaye
New York
Charles Frohman
London
England
France
Germany
Russia
Henry Savage
Austria
Spain
Theater Francaise
Imortals
Rostand
Bernstein
Schnitzier
Molnar
Somerset Maugham
Charles Rann Kennedy
Crawford
Booth Tarkington
Eugene Walter
Paul Armstrong
Hall Caine
Liebler & Company
Bichaunet Fores
Aden
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Borrecsbtun
SHE
Pierre
Taa
Lil
Montgomery Phister
Morris
Sprague & Holt’s
Violet Lansdowne
I. Havr
Gulf
Waller
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