Evening star., 1931-12-13

In connection with the reappearance
OF Maude Adams on the American stage
IN the distinguished company Of Otis
skinner the Public Library calls at
tention to the following books on ac-
tresses and actors. AL of the books
may be borrowed from the Central Ii.
orary, many of them from the neigh
borhood branches.
The Actress.
Mauds Adams, by Acton Davies. 1901.
E.Adl43d.
Perhaps one of the results of Miss
! Adams return TO the stage will be to
give us really comprehensive story of
| her life.
The Real Sarah Bernhardt, by Nine
Pierre Berton. 1928. E,B4564bE.
The Divine Sarah" in an Intimate
portrait by a friend who has taken
| most Of her information from the great
actress herself.
My Life and Some Letters, by Mrs
Patrick Campbell. 1922. E.Cl538.
Her book is the revelation of a
woman whose spirit is both large and
| high, whose history has been amusing
|
be sure to like her. Ruth Hale.
Eleonora Duse. by Jeanne Bordeux
1925. E.D943h.
Opinion may differ as to the merits
! OF this biography of Duse, but it Il
| certain that none can gainsay the fact
| that the story Of the life of the great
| tragedienne was written with genuine
feeling for the theme, and it is absorb.
| ingly interesting"
Julia Marlowe, Her Life and Art, by
c. E. Russell. 1926. EM3436r.
He makes cleat the tremendous
amount of study and hard work which
went into all her impezsonations, the
seriousness Of her purpose and the
gravity of her mind and finally the
downright pugnacity of will W. P
| Eaton.
Memories and Impressions of Heller
Modjeska. 1910, E.M725.
Something of the pathos, the pas.
sion, the intensity of her Polish blood
shows itself in her writing, and imparts
/ TO her pages a vividnesS and a depth
| and richness OF human feeling that en-
thran the reader and carry him a will
| ing captive to the end No better book
| of its kind could be dssired"-P. F
| Bicknel.
Ellen Terry and Bernard Shaw; a cor
respondence. 1881. E.T275a.
Miss Terry triumphs over Shaw
over his theater, over Irving, and has
in her shrewdness (for she was shrewc
as well as wise) a timelessness that
makes the great dramatist seem oddly
old-fashioned Richard Sunne.
Keeping Of the Shelf, by Mrs. Thomas
Wiffen. 1928. E.W5724.
Delightful "reminiscences of a long life
on the stage in association with Johr
Drew and other celebrities.
The Actor.
Up the Years From Bloomsbury, BY
George Arliss. 1927. E,Ar53
Each chapter bears the stamp oil
authenticity; each paragraph proclaim.
that pleasant Arliss blend of urbanity
and humor."-F. r. Bond.
Confessions of an Actor, by John Barry.
| more, 1926. E.B28.
This is volume which, escaping BY
g wide margin the feeble mediocrity Of
most OF its kind, affords the reader 9
vigorous and sprightly life story, tolc
Behind the Scenes with Edwir
Booth, by Katherine Goodale. 1881
E.B645go.
| "A book OF light and pleasant the
atrical Renaissance which helps tc
bring before the public the genius and
fine and gracious character Of America s
| greatest tragic actor and contains much
sundry illumination of the American
stage IN the period Of romance and
! tragedy.
My Years on the Stage, by John Drew
1922. E.D822
"a book about the stage that will
delight the casual reader and be also a
| faithful source Of satisfaction to any
student OF the drama "-Francis Will
son.
A Player Under Three Reigns, by Sir
Johnston Forbes Robertson. 1925.
E.F742e.
Sir Johnston writes with q light
touch; he has many good stories to tell,
and such OF them as have been told are
worth retelling.
Lest I Forget, by Cyril Maude. 1928.
E.M441.
Readers of all ages will take pleas
ure in the literary charm and the
genial kmdliness of heart with which
Mr.. Maude has set down his reminis-
censes OF a long, busy and apparently
happy life spent in the entertaining Of
the English and American public"
FootlightS and Spotlights, by Otis
Skinner. 1924. E.Sk36.
"A stalwart actor Of the old school,
a oattle-scarred trouper thick with the
DUST OF the road has here set down the
print Of his remembrance. 1t is the
good story of good life, simply and
agreeably told. Woollcott.
The Melancholy Tale OF Me" by E. H.
Sothern. 1916. E.So76.
Mr.. Sothern's exuberant volume, full
OF buxom humor, mock heroics and
good fellowship, calls forth the cry of
P1ckwlck! the intonation of that cry
depending entirely on the literary pref
erences OF the Individual Doris
Webb.
Pr1nnane In an T..