Curiosities of the American Stage

JUNIUS BRUTUS BOOTH.
CURIOSITIES OF THE AMERICAN STAGE
BY LAURENCE HUTTON AUTHOR OF “PLAYS AND PLAYERS” ETC., ETC.
ILLUSTRATED
NEW YORK HARPER & BROTHERS, FRANKLIN SQUARE 1891
Copyright, 1890, by Harper & Brothers.
All rights reserved.
TO BRANDER MATTHEWS THESE

This book, as its name implies, is a series of chapters from the annals of the American Theatre; and it considers Plays and Players more particularly in their less familiar aspects. It does not pretend to be critical; and the greatest care has been taken to verify all the facts it contains (many of them here presented for the first time), in order that it may appeal to the small but select band of specialists known as Dramatic Collectors, as well as to those influential members of the community who are glad to call themselves Old Play-goers.
The chapters upon “The American Stage Negro,” upon “The American Burlesque,” and upon a “A Century of American Hamlets,” appeared originally in Harper’s Magazine; the others have been printed, in part, in other periodicals, but as now published they have all been rewritten, elaborated, and extended.