The Life of David Belasco; Vol. 1

by William Winter, William Jefferson Winter

EN·~13 hours·131 chapters

Chapters

131 total

THE LIFE OF DAVID BELASCO

1:22

CONTENTS The Life of David Belasco—Volume One

5:36

ILLUSTRATIONS. Volume One.

2:48

PREFACE

20:51

ANCESTRY AND BIRTH.

1:56

BOYHOOD IN BRITISH COLUMBIA.

4:57

EARLY PROCLIVITY FOR THE THEATRE.

1:43

MEMORIES OF JULIA DEAN.

3:44

REMOVAL TO SAN FRANCISCO.

2:09

GLIMPSES OF BOYHOOD.

2:57

Description

Completed after William Winter's death by William Jefferson Winter.

Details

Language

Duration

~13 hours (759K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images available at The Internet Archive)

Release date

2020-06-22

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

Subjects

Theater -- United States Belasco, David, 1853-1931

About the authors

William Winter

1836–1917

A leading voice in 19th-century American theater writing, this poet and critic spent decades shaping how audiences thought about actors, plays, and literary life in New York. His books blend sharp judgment, deep affection for the stage, and lively memories of the writers and performers he knew.

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William Jefferson Winter

1878–1929

A quiet but intriguing figure in American theater writing, he moved in a world of actors, archives, and stage history. His surviving work points to a life spent preserving the memory of the nineteenth-century stage.

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