Confessions of an Actor (1926)

Record Details:

Title:
Confessions of an Actor
Date:
1926
Publisher:
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company
Volume:
Confessions of an Actor
Leaf #:
000179
Language:
English
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
December 14, 2023
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CONFESSIONS OF AN ACTOR up, but I could not get a theater. Everyone I went to see was most cordial and kind, but no one had faith enough to help me. I could not altogether blame the lessees and managers of the London theaters, because Shakspere has not been particularly successful in the recent years in the West End. The plays of Shakspere are constantly and very beautifully played at The Old Vic, which, as I remember, is more North than West. I’m not very good at talking business anyway, and I was very glad when in the various managerial offices the conversation could be changed from theater renting to fishing. I was always embarrassed at being turned down, but I became slightly hardened to it. I persisted because I was encouraged by the flattering success that I had had here as Hamlet. Arthur Hopkins, who was associated with me in the production in America, did not feel that there was anything but loss to be encountered with