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قراءة كتاب A Star for a Night: A Story of Stage Life
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A STAR FOR A NIGHT
A STORY OF STAGE LIFE
BY
ELSIE JANIS
WITH PICTURES FROM THE PLAY TAKEN ESPECIALLY FOR THE BOOK
NEW YORK
WILLIAM RICKEY & COMPANY
1911
Copyright, 1911, by
BRUCE EDWARDS
Copyright, 1911, by
WILLIAM RICKEY & COMPANY
Registered at Stationers' Hall, London
(All Rights Reserved)
Printed in the United States of America
PRESS OF WILLIAM G. HEWITT, BROOKLYN, N. Y.
To My Mother
ORIGINAL CAST
OF
A STAR FOR A NIGHT
Produced at Charles Dillingham's Globe Theatre, New York
| "Marky" Zinsheimer | Mr. Joseph Cawthorn | |
| Mrs. Blackman} | Guests at the Claypool Hotel | {Miss Jane Bliss |
| Mrs. Gilday} | {Miss Pauline Hathaway | |
| Mrs. Martin} | {Miss Josephine Lachmar | |
| Mrs. Carlin} | {Miss Henrietta Pouts | |
| Bell-boy | Mr. Al Stuart | |
| Mrs. Dainton | Miss Harriet Sterling | |
| Victor Weldon | Mr. Ralph Nairn | |
| Sanford Gordon | Mr. Stanley H. Forde | |
| Felice } | Mrs. Dainton's servants | {Miss Josephine Kernell |
| Murray } | {Mr. Jack Sullivan | |
| Flossie Forsythe | Miss Elizabeth Brice | |
| Mrs. Kilpatrick | Miss Margaret King | |
| Martha Farnum | Miss Elsie Janis | |
| "Pinkie" Lexington | Miss Julia Frary | |
| George Clayton | Mr. Wallace McCutcheon | |
| Lizzie | Miss Olive Quimby | |
| Arthur Mortimer | Mr. Gene Revere | |
| Mrs. Jane Anderson | Miss Queenie Vassar | |
| Messenger Boy | Master Albert Lamson | |
| Arnold Lawrence | Mr. Charles Judels | |
| Phil Hummer | Mr. Charles King | |
| Business Manager | J. Clyde Rigby | |
| Stage Manager | E. C Donnelly |
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE
"Zinsheimer, of New York" 1
The English Actress 15
Introducing Martha Farnum 27
A Glimpse into the Past 49
Strictly a Business Bargain 63
"Where Everything is Homelike" 71
A Hundred-Dollar Bill 89
Sanford Gordon Reappears 103
Love and Ambition 121
The Underground Wires 133
In the Green-Room 143
An Overture and a Prelude 155
Before the Curtain Rose 167
The Morning After 183
The Final Reckoning 197