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CONTENTS
[INTRODUCTION.]
[THE STAGE AND EFFECTS.]
[DRESS.]
[MAKING UP.]
[EXPRESSION.]
[STAGE FALLS.]
[CASTING THE CHARACTERS.]
[HOW TO MAKE A SCENE PLOT.]
[HOW TO MAKE A PROPERTY-PLOT.]
[CHOOSING PLAYS.]
[DUTIES OF THE PROMPTER.]
[THE DUTY OF THE CALL-BOY.]
[“JUST FROM HOME.”]
[HANS BUMMELSTINE ON LOVE.]
[A PRACTICAL JOKE.]
[McFLYNN’S APPOINTMENT.]
[ORIGINAL IRISH SKETCH.]
[TEMPERANCE.]
[O’RIELLY’S DAUGHTER MARY.]
[LOVE IN THE CANEBRAKE.]
[THE RIVAL DARKEYS.]
[POLITICS.]
[LOVE AND POETRY.]
HOW TO
BECOME AN ACTOR.
Giving complete instructions as to the Duties of the Stage Manager, Prompter, Scenic Artist, Property Man, and how to make out a Scene Plot, Property Plot, etc. Also, how to make up for the Various Characters seen on the Stage.