English

Vaudeville; the book

CONTENTS Introduction 9 I. The Force of Personality 25 II. The Appeal of Character Study 48 III. The Entertainer as a Craftsman 61 IV. Music and Near-Music 76 V. The Lure of the Dance 96 VI. Plays and Sketches 115 VII. Versatile Mimics and Proteans 184 VIII. Some English Visitors 151 IX. Marvels of Strength and Skill 168 X. Mysteries and Illusions 187 XI. Miscellaneous Fun-Makers 199 XII. Some Other Turns 216 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Sarah Bernhardt Frontispiece 257 Eva Tanguay 25 Gertrude Vanderbilt 80 Laddie Cliff 85 Jefferson d'Angelis 89 Nora Bayes 48 Harry Lauder 60 Mrs. Brown Potter 54 Yvette Guilbert 57 Maggie Cline 61 Lillian Russell 66 Marshall Montgomery 71 Ethel Green 74 Sophye Barnard 76 Lulu Glaser 81 Charles F. Seamon 86 Eunice Vance 91 Gertrude Hoffmann 96 Ruth St. Denis 102 Roszcika Dolly 106 Bessie Clayton 111 Valeska Suratt 115 Arnold Daly 120 Ethel Barrymore 125 Nance O'Neil 130 Cecelia Loftus 134 Marshall Wilder 140 Kathleen Clifford 147 Marie Lloyd 151 Vesta Victoria 156 Alice Lloyd 160 Kitty Gordon 165 Annette Kellerman 168 Will Rogers 175 Dainty Marie 180 Charmon 184 Ada Reeve 187 Houdini 192 Ching Ling Foo 197 Ray Cox 199 Bert Williams 202 Frank Tinney 204 Nat

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