CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

[An Apology for Puppets]3


PLAYS AND ACTING


[Nietzsche on Tragedy]11
[Sarah Bernhardt]17
[Coquelin and Molière]29
[Réjane]37
[Yvette Guilbert]42
[Sir Henry Irving]52
[Duse in Some of Her Parts]60
[Annotations]77
[M. Capus in England]93
[A Double Enigma]100

DRAMA


[Professional andUnprofessional]109
[Tolstoi and Others]115
[Some Problem Plays]124
["Monna Vanna"][xii]137
[The Question of Censorship]143
[A Play and the Public]148
[The Test of the Actor]152
[The Price of Realism]162
[On Crossing Stage to Right]167
[The Speaking of Verse]173
[Great Acting in English]182
[A Theory of the Stage]200
[The Sicilian Actors]213

MUSIC


[On Writing about Music]229
[Technique and the Artist]232
[Pachmann and the Piano]237
[Paderewski]258
[A Reflection at a DolmetschConcert]268
[The Dramatisation of Song]277
[The Meiningen Orchestra]284
[Mozart in theMirabell-Garten]290
[Notes on Wagner at Bayreuth]297


[Conclusion: A Paradox on Art]315