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- The Trouble with the Stage, by J. Rankin Touse
(Century Magazine, 1885A)
- On the degradation of the theatre and the appeal to vulgarity.
- Pictorial Art on the Stage, by Evangeline W. and Edwin H. Blashfield
(Century Magazine, 1888A)
- How stage scenery and props are made and used.
- "Little Lord Fauntleroy" as a Play in London, by Cecil W. Franklin
(St. Nicholas, 1889)
- The Popular Concerts
(Girl's Own Paper, 1890)
- Concerts performed at St. James hall every Saturday from November through Easter, a tradition begun in 1859.
- "Henry VIII" on the Stage, by Frederick Hawkins
(English Illustrated Magazine, 1892A)
- A look at some historic performances of Shakespeare's play.
- Transformation Scenes: How They Are Made and Worked
(The Strand, 1893B)
- How various effects are achieved in the pantomime.
- Actors' Make-Up
(The Strand, 1894A)
- Charming illustrated piece on the many faces of the Victorian thespian.
- Punch and Judy, by Alfred Story
(The Strand, 1895B)
- Pictures in Fireworks, by William G. FitzGerald
(The Strand, 1896B)
- Queens of a Day, by Margaret Griffith
(The Strand, 1897A)
- Queens of carnivals and folies.
- The Inside Working of the Theater, by George Parsons Lathrop
(Century Magazine, 1898B)
- Are Indian Jugglers Humbugs?
(The Strand, 1899B)
- An interview with Charles Bertram on how various Indian juggling and rope-climbing tricks are actually done.
- See also:
- • Odd Performances
- • People: Actors
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