author
Lewis Clinton Strang
1869–1935
A journalist and dramatic critic who turned his deep knowledge of the stage into lively books about actors, singers, and the American theater. His work captures the energy of turn-of-the-century performance culture and the stars who shaped it.
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Famous Prima Donnas
by Lewis Clinton Strang
About the author
Born in Westfield, Massachusetts, in 1869, Lewis Clinton Strang became known as an American writer, journalist, and dramatic critic. Sources agree that he wrote extensively about theater and performers, and that he died in 1935.
Strang's books focused on the stage world of his time, especially actors, actresses, and light opera performers. His bibliography includes titles such as Famous Actresses of the Day in America, Prima Donnas and Soubrettes of Light Opera and Musical Comedy in America, Celebrated Comedians of Light Opera and Musical Comedy in America, and Players and Plays of the Last Quarter Century.
He is a useful guide to the American theater at the turn of the twentieth century because he wrote from close engagement with performance culture, blending criticism, biography, and theatrical history in a style meant for general readers as well as theater fans.