An edition of A book about the theater
(1916)
A book about the theater
by Brander Matthews
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Table of Contents
The show business
The limitations of the stage
A moral from a toy theater
Why five acts?
Dramatic collaboration
The dramatization of novels and the novelization of plays
Women dramatists
The evolution of scene-painting
The book of the opera
The poetry of the dance
The principles of pantomime
The ideal of the acrobat
The decline and fall of the negro-minstrelsy
The utility of the variety-show
The method of modern magic
The lamentable tragedy of Punch and Judy
The puppet-play, past and present
Shadow-pantomime, with all the modern improvements
The problem of dramatic criticism.
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