
PREFATORY NOTE
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
CHAPTER I BEYOND REALISM
CHAPTER II THE LIVING STAGE
CHAPTER III THE PATH OF THE PLAY
CHAPTER IV BLACK CURTAINS
CHAPTER V THE TWILIGHT OF THE MACHINES
CHAPTER VI LIGHT AS SETTING
CHAPTER VII THE GERMAN ACTOR
CHAPTER VIII NEW ACTING FOR OLD
Language
en
Duration
~5 hours (343K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Original publisher
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1922.
Credits
Bob Taylor, Charlene Taylor and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
Release date
2024-01-08
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1888–1963
A major force in American theater and film, this producer, critic, and historian helped shape modern stagecraft and later brought that sense of innovation to Hollywood. His work bridged Broadway, scholarship, and early color cinema in a way that still makes him an interesting figure today.
View all books
by Kenneth Macgowan, Joseph A. Hester

by L. (Louis) Becq de Fouquières