Little Masterpieces of Autobiography: Actors


Read by Lee Smalley

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The playwright gives a play its plot, characters, dialog and form, but its sense of living reality is conveyed by the art of the actor. This fascinating collection of perspectives on acting is taken from biographies and autobiographies of American, British and Italian actors of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

John Wilkes Booth, an actor and the assassin of President Abraham Lincoln, is recalled by his brother, the great actor Edwin Booth, and by acclaimed actress Clara Morris. -- Lee Smalley (4 hr 34 min)

Chapters

Preface 3:32 Read by Lee Smalley
Joseph Jefferson, Part 1 16:57 Read by Lee Smalley
Joseph Jefferson, Part 2 14:23 Read by Lee Smalley
Edwin Booth 23:33 Read by Lee Smalley
Charlotte Cushman 20:39 Read by Lee Smalley
Clara Morris, Part 1 20:26 Read by Lee Smalley
Clara Morris, Part 2 19:52 Read by Lee Smalley
Sir Henry Irving 13:56 Read by Lee Smalley
Henry Brodribb Irving 28:18 Read by Lee Smalley
EllenTerry 20:03 Read by Lee Smalley
Richard Mansfield 30:01 Read by Lee Smalley
Tommaso Salvini, Part 1 24:32 Read by Lee Smalley
Tommaso Salvini, Part 2 20:20 Read by Lee Smalley
Adelaide Ristori 18:02 Read by Lee Smalley