Second nights; people and ideas of the theatre to-day

Ruhl Arthur Brown 1876-

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U8RARY THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OFCALIFORNIA IRVINE GIFT OF CAROLYN KAPLAN SECOND NIGHTS SECOND NIGHTS AND IDEASPEOPLE THE THEATRE TO-DAYOF 'BY ARTHUR RUHL Author "The Other etc.of Americans?* NEW YORK: CHARLES NERS SONSSCSI'S 1914 Charles Scribner's SonsCopyright, 1914, by Published February, 1914 / PREFACE THE as is afirst-nighter, knows,everybody bored but with a black ribbonwitty person, to his who descends to his seateye-glasses, before the curtain and turns tojust rises, the house he Inere sits down. Newsurvey where theatres heYork, spring up overnight, be the red-necked man whomay large, sup- the but he is atconcrete,plied generally, any an stirred thatrate, insider, by many things the outsider and inclined to be aspass by concerned over the size of the au-probable dience on the third as in the mereTuesday or nourishment to be had from thepleasure He is both andplay. spectator participant, a new down the and findsurging ship ways, his interest divided between theperforce ship as a and the success of theship launching. Author and are behind thatplayers waiting closed curtain be the never soplay unimpor- there is in theand excitementtant, mystery air. [ v] Preface The breathes a duller ether.second-nighter Gone is the andmystery contagious warmth, the first febrile unrest. The show-night's his of theman has tricks;opened bag pack after new There isare off, baying game. "no in the audience.

Sujets

• Theatre

Informations

• Publié par: les_archives_du_savoir
• Nombre de lectures: 34
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 11 Mo

Extrait

U8RARYTHE LIBRARY
OF
THE UNIVERSITY
OFCALIFORNIA
IRVINE
GIFT OF
CAROLYN
KAPLANSECOND NIGHTSSECOND NIGHTS
AND IDEASPEOPLE
THE THEATRE TO-DAYOF
'BY
ARTHUR RUHL
Author "The Other etc.of Americans?*
NEW YORK: CHARLES NERS SONSSCSI'S
1914Charles Scribner's SonsCopyright, 1914, by
Published February, 1914
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