. Our theatres to-day and yesterday. Jliologxapli oilhe eailteslliiowjL AaneTicaai Tlay Bill. Our TheatresTo=day and Yesterday ByRUTH CROSBY DIMMICK Pci^inning of the prama on ^anltattau3lslanh anb the uTrouhlous pays of ^arluiHana0ers anJi |31aoers, toitif ^necbotal ^At-rount of tlic C5rouitlj of tlie Amusement ^(n-^ll5tru. #torics anb ^Jersonal ^kctrhes ofMen mxit IBomen ronnccteh Uiitlt ^ramoiisfjouscs in a |Bni^onc ^ra, as tttcll as tijcPresent. Jrom 1732 to NEW YORK THE H. K. FLY COMPANY PUBLISHERS Copyright. 19in. byTHE H. K. FLY COMPANY LIBRARV UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA BARB
. Our theatres to-day and yesterday. Jliologxapli oilhe eailteslliiowjL AaneTicaai Tlay Bill. Our TheatresTo=day and Yesterday ByRUTH CROSBY DIMMICK Pci^inning of the prama on ^anltattau3lslanh anb the uTrouhlous pays of ^arluiHana0ers anJi |31aoers, toitif ^necbotal ^At-rount of tlic C5rouitlj of tlie Amusement ^(n-^ll5tru. #torics anb ^Jersonal ^kctrhes ofMen mxit IBomen ronnccteh Uiitlt ^ramoiisfjouscs in a |Bni^onc ^ra, as tttcll as tijcPresent. Jrom 1732 to NEW YORK THE H. K. FLY COMPANY PUBLISHERS Copyright. 19in. byTHE H. K. FLY COMPANY LIBRARV UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA BARBARA CONTENTS Chapter Page I. Early Trials of the English Actor 9 II. First Advance Agent 12 III. Before the Revolution 17 IV. Actors Becoming Recognized Socially 21 V. First Summer Theatre 25 VI. The Beginning of Burlesque 31 VII. More Halls and More Theatres 36 VIII. Fourteenth Street Becomes Popular 40 IX. Period of the Civil War 44 X. The Old Booth Theatre 48 XI. Famous Minstrel House 53 XII. Present Entertainment Center Established 59 XJII. Webers Music Hall Once the Imperial 63 XIV. Moving Picture Craze Develops 66 XV. Another Hammerstein Venture 71 XVI. Recent Progress 78 XVII. A Review—Minstrelsy 82 XVIII. The Moving Picture Craze 86 XIX. Sketch of Some of the Newr York Managers 90
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