Author: Theodore Ballou Hinckley

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-07-17

Total Pages: 438

ISBN-13: 9780282336110

Excerpt from The Drama, Vol. 11: A Monthly Review of the Allied Arts of the Theatre Sponsored by the Drama League of America and Published for All Interested in the Progress of the Stage; October, 1920-September, 1921 Now, of course, the stars are more numerous, but are not confined to the actors. It seems to me there are more star-managers than star actors. J. J. And Lee Shubert present The Blue Frill; Arthur Hopkins presents The Blare; Selwyn presents Tea for Three; and so on. And I say again, the star System has changed and with it the entire theatre of America, for in the days 'when Edwin Booth and his contemporaries presented the drama, the supporting actors were fairly sure of a season's engagement because the star actors. Had the good will of the public and could play a long season. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.