Mrs. Dane's Defence
Author: Henry Arthur Jones
Publisher:
Published: 1900
Total Pages: 120
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Mrs. Dane's defence, a play
Author: Henry Arthur Jones
Publisher:
Published: 1905
Total Pages: 138
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKColumbia Theatre, absolutely fireproof, Luckett & Dwyer, lessees and managers, N. Stein, treasuer. Third week of the Spring and Summer season at this playhouse "Mrs. Dane's Defense."
Representative Plays
Author: Henry Arthur Jones
Publisher:
Published: 1925
Total Pages: 406
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKActs of Desire
Author: Sos Eltis
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2013-04-18
Total Pages: 281
ISBN-13: 0199691355
DOWNLOAD EBOOKActs of Desire is a study of theatrical depictions of illicit female sexuality, from seduction and prostitution to bigamy and adultery, from the beginning of the nineteenth century through to the 1930s.
Lena Ashwell
Author: Margaret Leask
Publisher: Univ of Hertfordshire Press
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 312
ISBN-13: 1907396640
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBiography of Ashwell with material on her company, the Lena Ashwell Players.
Margaret Anglin
Author: John LeVay
Publisher: Dundurn
Published: 1989-01-10
Total Pages: 333
ISBN-13: 0889242062
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom Margaret Anglin's birth in 1876 in the Speaker's suite of the Canadian House of Commons, to her death in Toronto in 1958, Margaret Anglin: A Stage Life is a lively biography researched from personal sources and theatre periodicals of the times. Author John Le Vay gives us glimpses of the rich and colourful personal life behind the stage persona. Called ""Canada's greatest actress"" by Herbert Whittaker, Margaret Anglin succeeded in winning critical acclaim for her sensitive portrayals in Shakespearean comedy and Greek tragedy. In more contemporary productions she was praised for her work with actor-managers James O'Neill, E.H. Sothern, Richard Mansfield, and Henry Miller, and playwrights Somerset Maugham, H.A. Jones, and Paul Kester.
Cora Witherspoon
Author: Axel Nissen
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2022-04-19
Total Pages: 225
ISBN-13: 1476646619
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBorn into an upper-crust family in New Orleans, Cora Bell Witherspoon (1890-1957) was an orphan by the age of 10 and a professional actress by 15. She was seen on Broadway from 1910 till 1946 in 36 productions and was a popular character actress in Hollywood between 1931 and 1954. On stage she played roles like Sallie McBride in Daddy Long Legs, Josephine Trent in The Awful Truth, Martha Culver in The Constant Wife, Prudence in Camille, and Mrs. Grant in The Front Page. Like many Hollywood supporting players, her screen time was limited. She made the most of it, whether as W.C. Fields's shrewish wife in The Bank Dick, Bette Davis's fair weather friend Carrie in Dark Victory, the earthy, amorous maid Patty in Quality Street, or the overbearing dowager Mrs. Williamson in The Mating Season. On both stage and screen, Witherspoon portrayed a range of stereotypes of older women. In the end, though, she created her own type, incarnating the fashionable, frivolous, flighty, and fawning society woman, often with a thinly veiled libidinous quality. In addition to a detailed account of Witherspoon's theater and film career, this groundbreaking biography reveals her upbringing and family background and discusses her struggle with substance abuse, which resulted in two highly publicized arrests and one conviction.
