Our Old Actors Vol 02

Author : Henry Barton Baker
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780365208150
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book Our Old Actors, Vol. 1 of 2 (Classic Reprint) written by Henry Barton Baker and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2019-01-15 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Our Old Actors, Vol. 1 of 2 Dictionary; the names of many of our old actors will be sought here in vain, but they are only those which have fallen into Oblivion, and to which little or no interest is now attached. It is said that the actor's genius dies with him and becomes merely a tradition to succeeding gene rations, and there is too much truth in the saying. Yet it is still possible, from the vivid word-paintings bequeathed to us by contemporaries, to clearly picture many of the famous performances of the past. Such paintings have been assiduously collected, in order to place before the reader a distinct idea of the various schools Of acting, from the rise to that comparative extinction of the player's art which has taken place during the present generation. 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.