CURTAIN TIME

by Ruth Harvey ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 27, 1949

A nice scrapbook of things as they were, this has a full share of family life as well as life as a theater manager's daughter. With two houses to live in -- home and the theater -- visiting stars, and road companies, knowledge of behind the scenes mechanics, the author remembers a childhood of great excitement and glorious plays. Ben Hur, Uncle Tom's Cabin and many others provided wonderful ideas for new games, Schumann-Heink, Anglin and many another actor offered a wide variety of stories and intimate meetings, and Winnipeg was a lovely city to come home to after traveling...A pleasant, believable picture of years spent around a theater, this is a good antidote for the too-glamorous, impossible stories usually encountered.

Pub Date: Sept. 27, 1949

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Houghton, Mifflin

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Sept. 1, 1949

Categories: NONFICTION