Performing Arts

The True History of The Ghost; And All About Metempsychosis

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John Henry Pepper


This work portrays the true history of the illusionary tactic known as "Pepper's Ghost." This is a method of projecting an actor …

Arthur Wing Pinero, Playwright - A Study

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Hamilton Fyfe


A discussion about the life and works of the playwright Arthur Wing Pinero. The perfect accompaniment to the plays by Pinero available here …

Charles Dickens and Music

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James T. Lightwood


This is a detailed exploration of the references to music in the novels of Dickens: songs, instrumental pieces, performers, composers, and m…

Seen on the Stage

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Clayton Hamilton


A fourth collection of essays on theatre by American critic Clayton Hamilton, intended as a suffix to his earlier works, The Theory of the T…

My Musical Life

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Walter Damrosch


This is the autobiography of the Prussian-born American conductor Walter Damrosch. It includes dozens of anecdotes about many of the great m…

Shadowland: September, 1919

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Various


Shadowland was an American monthly magazine about art, dance, and film published from 1919 to 1923 before being absorbed by Motion Picture C…

Shadowland: October, 1919

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Various


Shadowland was an American monthly magazine about art, dance, and film published from 1919 to 1923 before being absorbed by Motion Picture C…

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