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Our Stage and Its Critics By "E.F.S." of "The Westminster Gazette"

By Edward Fordham Spence

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OUR STAGE AND ITS CRITICS
CONTENTS
PREFACE
CHAPTER I
- THE DRAMATIC CRITIC
  - His Qualifications
  - His Knowledge of Fashionable Society
  - His Duty and Difficulties
  - His Stock Phrases
  - The Circumstances under which he Writes
  - His Fear of Libel Actions
- His Qualifications
- His Knowledge of Fashionable Society
- His Duty and Difficulties
- His Stock Phrases
- The Circumstances under which he Writes
- His Fear of Libel Actions
CHAPTER II
- THE DRAMATIC CRITIC
  - His Duty to be Tolerant
  - His Sympathies when Young
  - The Jaded Critic
  - His Unpaid Labours
  - His Letter Bag
- His Duty to be Tolerant
- His Sympathies when Young
- The Jaded Critic
- His Unpaid Labours
- His Letter Bag
CHAPTER III
- THE DRAMATIC CRITIC
  - An Attack upon him
  - Why he is Disliked
  - His Honesty
  - His Abolition
  - The Threatened Theatrical Trust
- An Attack upon him
- Why he is Disliked
- His Honesty
- His Abolition
- The Threatened Theatrical Trust
CHAPTER IV
- PLAYS OF PARTICULAR TYPES
  - The Pseudo-Historical
  - The Horrible in Drama
  - The Immorality Play
  - Scripture Plays
  - Anecdotal Plays
  - The Supernatural
- The Pseudo-Historical
- The Horrible in Drama
- The Immorality Play
- Scripture Plays
- Anecdotal Plays
- The Supernatural
CHAPTER V
- PLAYS OF PARTICULAR TYPES
  - Unsentimental Drama
  - The Second-hand Drama
  - Plays with a Purpose
  - Drama and Social Reform
- Unsentimental Drama
- The Second-hand Drama
- Plays with a Purpose
- Drama and Social Reform
CHAPTER VI
- THE PHENOMENA OF THE STAGE
  - The Optics
  - Make-up
  - Gesture
  - Scenery at the French Plays
  - Stage Costumes
  - Colour
  - Stage Meals
- The Optics
- Make-up
- Gesture
- Scenery at the French Plays
- Stage Costumes
- Colour
- Stage Meals
CHAPTER VII
- THE MORALITY OF OUR DRAMA
  - Mr Harry Lauder on the Morals of our Drama
  - Double Entente
  - Moral Effect on Audience
  - An Advantage of French Dramatists
- Mr Harry Lauder on the Morals of our Drama
- Double Entente
- Moral Effect on Audience
- An Advantage of French Dramatists
CHAPTER VIII
- CASUAL NOTES ON ACTING
  - Mr H.B. Irving on his Art
  - Mr Bourchier and "Max" on English Acting
  - The Sicilian Players
  - Alleged Dearth of Great Actresses
  - Character Actresses
  - Stage Misfits
  - Stars
- Mr H.B. Irving on his Art
- Mr Bourchier and "Max" on English Acting
- The Sicilian Players
- Alleged Dearth of Great Actresses
- Character Actresses
- Stage Misfits
- Stars
CHAPTER IX
- STAGE DANCING
  - The Skirts of the Drama
  - Isadora Duncan
- The Skirts of the Drama
- Isadora Duncan
CHAPTER X
- THINGS IN THE THEATRE
  - A Defence of the Matinée Hat
  - A Justification of certain Deadheads
  - Theatrical Advertisements
  - Music
- A Defence of the Matinée Hat
- A Justification of certain Deadheads
- Theatrical Advertisements
- Music
CHAPTER XI
- IN THE PLAYHOUSE
  - Laughter
  - Smoking in the Auditorium
  - Conduct of the Audience
  - Concerning the Pit
  - Why do we go to the Theatre?
- Laughter
- Smoking in the Auditorium
- Conduct of the Audience
- Concerning the Pit
- Why do we go to the Theatre?
CHAPTER XII
- MISCELLANEOUS
  - Signor Borsa on the English Theatres
  - "G.B.S." and the Amateurs
  - Cant about Shakespeare
  - Yvette Guilbert on Dramatists
- Signor Borsa on the English Theatres
- "G.B.S." and the Amateurs
- Cant about Shakespeare
- Yvette Guilbert on Dramatists
CHAPTER XIII
- MISCELLANEOUS
  - Finance in Plays
  - Some Unsuccessful Dramatists
  - The Ending of the Play
  - Preposterous Stage Types
  - The Professions of the Dramatis Personae
- Finance in Plays
- Some Unsuccessful Dramatists
- The Ending of the Play
- Preposterous Stage Types
- The Professions of the Dramatis Personae

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