Mrs. Bosworth's Elocutionary Studies for Amateurs : For Use in the Home and School, Embracing a Large Selection of Materials for High-Class Entertainments with Outlines in Illustration of a Delsarte Drill, Hints on Costuming, Etc.
Chicago: Belford, Clarke & Co., 1889. First edition, first printing. Publisher's full purple cloth, illustratively stamped in silver and gilt. 439 pp. 7.5" x 5" Touch of wear corners and tips, owner name ffep, near fine. Item #243729
THE PRACTICE OF PUBLIC PERFORMANCE
Step into Gilded Age drama with Mrs. Bosworth's Elocutionary Studies. Full of material to perform, tips on building a parlor stage, and illustrations of drills to practice emotion (turn to pg. 23 for the appropriate reaction to "Ghosts"!), Bessie Bryant Bosworth's guide for amateurs offers a glimpse into nineteenth-century creative pastimes.
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