1887 The bar-tender's guide

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Burton's Amateur Actor. A Complete Guide to Private The- atricals; giving plain directions for arranging, decorating and lighting the Stage and its appurtenances, with rules and suggestions for mounting, re- hearsing and performing all kinds of Plays, Parlor Pantomimes and Shadow Pantomimes. Illustrated with numerous engravings, and including a se- lection of original Plays, with Prologues, Epilogues, etc. By C. E. Burton, CONTENTS.

How to form an Amateur Company. Duties of the Manager and Prompter. Theatrical Music. Hides for an Amateur Company.

On the Selection of Plays. A Family Fix. Comedy for Thre© Males and three Females. The Philopena. Comedy for two Males and one Female. Directions for Performing Parlor Pantomimes. Love's Obstacles; or, Jack's Tri- umph. An Original Parlor Panto- mime. Complete Directions for Performing Shadow Pantomimes. Detailed Instructions for producing all Shadow Illusions. The Feejee Islanders at Homo. An Original and unequaled Shadow Pantomime. A list of Farces. Comedies, etc., specially adapted to Parlor Per- formances, with the Characters of Each Enumerated and Described.

How to Arrange a Stage. How to Make a Curtain. Sow to Light the Stage.

Colored and Calcium Light Effects. How to Make and Paint the Scenes. Hew to Imitate Moonlight, Sunrise, Thunder, Pain, "Wind and various other effects. Slow to make all kinds of ''Proper- ties." _ How to make up Dresses, Wigs, Beards, etc. How to "make up" the Face to imi- tate Old Men and other characters. General Directions for Acting. Stage Business, Entrances and Exits. Four Appropriate Prologues; Three Epilogues.

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Howard's Book of Drawing-Boom Theatricals. A collection of short and amusing plays in one act and one scene, especially adapted for private performances ; with practical directions for their preparation and management. Some of the plays are adapted for performers of one sex only.

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His First Brief A Sudden Arrival A Medical Man A Terrible Secret Poisoned An Eligible Situation " Wanted a Foung Lady

Explanations of stage tlOTlS. Hints to Amateurs. The_Student's Frolic. . . A Household Fairy A iiiss in the Dark

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Mrs. Willis' "Will Jack of all Trades

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