Books About the Theatre

For the general reader, Professor Robinson recommends:

A History of the American Theatre, 1700-1950 by Glenn Hughes.

The Fabulous Forrest by Montrose J. Moses. The actor Edwin Forrest and the theatre in his time.

Troupers of the Gold Coast by Constance Rourke. The California theatres in the Gold Rush days, and Lotta Crabtree.

Prince of Players by Eleanor Ruggles. Edwin Booth.

The Bishop of Broadway by Craig Timberlake. David Belasco.

George Pierce Baker and the American Theatre by Wisner Payne Kinne.

Good Night, Sweet Prince by Gene Fowler. John Barrymore.

Present Indicative by Noel Coward. Himself in both England and America.

The Curtain Falls by Joseph Verner Reed. Tribulations of a producer.

The Fervent Years by Harold Clurman. The Group Theatre and "the Method."

The Magic Curtain by Lawrence Langner. The Theatre Guild.

Arena by Hallie Flanagan. The W.P.A. Federal Theatre.

Gertrude Lawrence as Mrs. A. by Richard Aldrich. A great stage personality as pictured by her husband.

The Man Who Lived Twice by Eric Wollencott Barnes. The playwright Edward Sheldon and his triumph over infirmity.

Show Biz by Abel Green and Joe Laurie Jr. Fifty years of Show Biz reported in the vernacular of Variety.

Musical Comedy in America by Cecil Smith.

Broadway in a Barn by Charlotte Harmon and Rosemary Taylor. Running a summer theatre.