Theatrical management in the West and South for thirty years
An edition of Theatrical management in the West and South for thirty years (1868)
interspersed with anecdotical sketches autobiographically given by Sol. Smith ; with fifteen illustrations and a portrait of the author.
By Sol Smith
Publish Date
1970
Publisher
Harper & Brothers
Language
eng
Pages
275
Description:
Solomon Franklin Smith (1801-1869) began his career as a theatre manager in Cincinnati in 1823, forming a partnership in 1835 to manage a traveling theatre company. This volume is autobiographical, but mainly consists of anecdotes, helpfully listed at the front in an index of nearly 80 “anecdotal sketches”. Smith explains in the Preface that when people took long journeys in stage-coaches, they often passed the time by singing songs or taking turns telling stories. As a member of a traveling theatre company, Smith probably spent plenty of time in coaches, and here he puts his vast stock of amusing stories on paper.
subjects: Theater, Theater management, Biography, History, Natural selection, Population, Vital statistics
People: Sol Smith (1801-1869)
Places: United States