The Brief Career Of A Would-Be Actor

By Jerome K. Jerome

New York
Henry Holt And Company
1891
[Original]

CONTENTS

[ PREFACE. ]

[ ON THE STAGE-AND OFF. ]

[ CHAPTER I. I Determine to Become an Actor. ]

[ CHAPTER II. I Become an Actor. ]

[ CHAPTER III. Through the Stage Door ]

[ CHAPTER IV. Behind the Scenes. ]

[ CHAPTER V. A Rehearsal. ]

[ CHAPTER VI. Scenery and Supers ]

[ CHAPTER VII. Dressing. ]

[ CHAPTER VIII. My “First Deboo” ]

[ CHAPTER IX. Birds of Prey. ]

[ CHAPTER X. I Buy a Basket, and go into the Provinces. ]

[ CHAPTER XI. First Provincial Experiences ]

[ CHAPTER XII. “Mad Mat” Takes Advantage of an Opportunity. ]

[ CHAPTER XIII. Lodgings and Landladies. ]

[ CHAPTER XIV. With a Stock Company, ]

[ CHAPTER XV. Revenge ]

[ CHAPTER XVI. Views on Acting ]

[ CHAPTER XVIII. My Last Appearance. ]