Behind the Footlights

By Ethel Brilliana Tweedie · Running time 09:15:12 · Performing Arts

Audio streams directly from the Internet Archive. Recording by LibriVox volunteers (public domain). The text is in the public domain in the USA; please check the copyright laws of your country.

About this book

In this collection of essays the author gives us an opportunity to peek into the mysterious life of the theatre; she recalls her numerous conversations with and anecdotes about the "stage folk", such as actors, actresses, playwrights, stage directors or managers. However, her portrayal of theatrical life doesn't aim at glamorising the profession and the day-to-day life of those connected with the stage. On the contrary, if there's one overarching theme to her stories it is the repeated assurance that it's a hard and precarious existence, even for those at the top of the profession, let alone t

Description from the LibriVox catalogue.

Chapters and downloads on LibriVox →

More by Ethel Brilliana Tweedie (2)

You might also like

• Girl's Ride in IcelandEthel Brilliana Tweedie · 04:39:06
• Institutio Oratoria (On the Education of an Orator), volume 1Marcus Fabius Quintilianus · 9:33:39
• My Actor-HusbandAnonymous · 06:34:22
• Life and Lillian GishAlbert Bigelow Paine · 10:02:35
• Buffalo Bill from Prairie to PalaceJohn M. Burke · 07:13:46
• Studies in StagecraftClayton Hamilton · 06:54:17
• Birth of Tragedy; or, Hellenism and Pessimism (Version 2)Friedrich Nietzsche · 07:52:07
• Seven Lively ArtsGilbert Seldes · 08:10:37