File:Theatrical and circus life; (1893) (14763857324).jpg

Identifier: theatricalcircus00je (find matches)
Title: Theatrical and circus life;
Year: 1893 (1890s)
Authors: Jennings, John Joseph, 1853-1909. (from old catalog)
Subjects: Theater Circus
Publisher: Chicago, Laird & Lee
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

View Book Page: Book Viewer
About This Book: Catalog Entry
View All Images: All Images From Book
Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.

Text Appearing Before Image:
s shows that thebest training is that which begins earliest, which beginsslowly, and widens only with the slow progress of theyears. There are very few actors or actresses whohave walked out of private life into the glare of thefoot-lights with anything like success. The amateurmay sometimes be suddenly metamorphosed into afull-fledged professional, with a bit of reputation tohelp him along the road he has chosen to travel, butthis happens very rarely. Only those who begin earlyand study hard, and who have often to wait a longtime for recognition, gain a place in the Thespiantemple, and it is to those whose infant eyes openalmost upon the mysteries and wonders of the mimicworld, whose little limbs grow to strength behind thescenes, and whose lives are identified completely withall that have place or being behind the foot-lights, thatit is given to hope for position in the profession intowhich they have been born instead of kidnapped.I think the society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Text Appearing After Image:
(322) LITTLE CORINNE. A FEW FOOT-LIGHT FAVORITES. 323 Children did a very good thing when it took LittleCorinne from the stage. The child was overtaxed farbeyond her years ; there was nothing very clever abouther any more than there would be about a school-girlof the same age who had been taught to speak herpiece and did it boldly, but awkwardly and inartisti-cally. It was more painful than pleasant to sit out aperformance of Cinderella with this offspring ofthe Kemble family in the role of the heroine of theglass slipper, and it was a temporary blessing to thepublic while the little thing was kept out of the way.Like all the precocious ventures on the stage, Corinnewill gradually fade from memory, and the only thoughtleft of her will be a painful recollection of her childishefforts to please the grown people who were foolishenough to go to the theatre to see her. The young man or the young lady who has givenyears of study to preparation for the stage finds thedebut night one fraught

Note About Images