ISBN: 9781154635553

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not … More...

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1899 edition. Excerpt: ... Brandon, as already stated on another page. Some actors have simply inverted their names, as witness Mr. Lewis Waller (Mr. Waller Lewis) and Mr. Wenman (Mr. Newman). Mr. Lawrence D''Orsay was in his pre-theatrical days Mr. Dorset William Lawrence, and while as a boy at Merchant Taylors'' School his chums nicknamed him Dorsey, which, with a slight alteration in the spelling, suggested by his reading about the celebrated Count D''Orsay, supplied him with the ready-made nom de theatre. The late Miss Lydia Foote was far from satisfied with her patronymic Legge when she coveted theatrical fame, so she changed it to the form which afterwards became exceedingly popular. Miss Ada Rehan was originally in private life Miss Ada Regan, a name which betrayed her Irish nationality, but a patriotic affectation on her part gave it its true pronunciation, which suggested a more professional mode of rendering it in print. Mr. John Hare euphonized his family name Fairs into its present form. The foregoing are merely representative, but they will serve as guides to the beginner. As the stage-players of our time no longer bear the stigma of being classed as ''rogues and vagabonds,'' a young actor can exercise an absolutely free choice in regard to a nom de theatre, or retain his own proper name. Care should, however, be taken to avoid selecting a name which has already been appropriated. Among the many hundreds of actors and actresses of to-day, it is not at all easy to hit upon a euphonious stage-name that shall be original. Mistakes of this kind, made inadvertently, have caused, and are causing, infinite confusion. How often do we find an actor advertising that, owing to his name--it may even be his real name--no longer being his sole monopoly, he wishes in... Leopold Wagner, Books, History, How to Get on the Stage and How to Succeed There Books>History, General Books LLC<

ISBN: 9781154635553

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not … More...

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1899 edition. Excerpt: ... Brandon, as already stated on another page. Some actors have simply inverted their names, as witness Mr. Lewis Waller (Mr. Waller Lewis) and Mr. Wenman (Mr. Newman). Mr. Lawrence D''Orsay was in his pre-theatrical days Mr. Dorset William Lawrence, and while as a boy at Merchant Taylors'' School his chums nicknamed him Dorsey, which, with a slight alteration in the spelling, suggested by his reading about the celebrated Count D''Orsay, supplied him with the ready-made nom de theatre. The late Miss Lydia Foote was far from satisfied with her patronymic Legge when she coveted theatrical fame, so she changed it to the form which afterwards became exceedingly popular. Miss Ada Rehan was originally in private life Miss Ada Regan, a name which betrayed her Irish nationality, but a patriotic affectation on her part gave it its true pronunciation, which suggested a more professional mode of rendering it in print. Mr. John Hare euphonized his family name Fairs into its present form. The foregoing are merely representative, but they will serve as guides to the beginner. As the stage-players of our time no longer bear the stigma of being classed as ''rogues and vagabonds,'' a young actor can exercise an absolutely free choice in regard to a nom de theatre, or retain his own proper name. Care should, however, be taken to avoid selecting a name which has already been appropriated. Among the many hundreds of actors and actresses of to-day, it is not at all easy to hit upon a euphonious stage-name that shall be original. Mistakes of this kind, made inadvertently, have caused, and are causing, infinite confusion. How often do we find an actor advertising that, owing to his name--it may even be his real name--no longer being his sole monopoly, he wishes in... Leopold Wagner, Books, History, How to Get on the Stage and How to Succeed There Books>History <