As the material accumulated, I constantly heard the suggestion reiterated, "Make a book of it."
A profound interest in psychology, physiognomy, or characterisation, the art of the stage, and photography, has enabled me to study the subject from different standpoints, and to gain an entirely individual impression of it.
Many years spent on the stage in, among others, Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree's, Mr. Forbes Robertson's, and Sir Charles Wyndham's companies, the privilege of watching Sir Henry Irving, Sir Herbert, Charles Warner, Franklin McLeay, and M. de Max making up, and, in some instances, hearing their methods of work explained, has supplemented the knowledge gained by my own experience.
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | The Art of the Stage | [1] |
| II. | On Designing the Character | [4] |
| III. | The Illustrations | [8] |
| IV. | The Material | [12] |
| V. | On Applying the Material | [16] |
| VI. | Form | [19] |
| VII. | Preparing to Make Up | [22] |
| VIII. | On Removing the Make-up | [26] |
| IX. | In Conclusion | [28] |
| Illustrations (For list see page ix) | [30] | |