Footlights
Rita Weiman · 1919
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Description
Footlights is a set of theatre tales by Rita Weiman of New York. Dodd, Mead and Company issued it in 1923, with rights from 1919 on. Weiman dedicates the book to her mother, on whose love the curtain never falls. Eight tales bear stage names: Footlights, Madame Peacock, Grease Paint, The Back Drop. Two Masters, Up Stage, and Curtain fill out the bill of fare.
A preface called The Curtain Rises paints the house before the show. Wide soft chairs face a curtain in long, mystic folds of cloth. The air holds a scent with no name in that hushed, waiting world. Behind the curtain lies the same world bound by brick walls. Scenery with act numbers scrawled in charcoal waits to be shoved in.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Rita Weiman |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 1919 |
| COLLECTION | BOOKS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 451 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | Public Domain |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Project Gutenberg |