Little Masterpieces of Autobiography: Actors: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Little Masterpieces of Autobiography: Actors, credited to George Iles, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of Little Masterpieces of Autobiography: Actors by George Iles. Read in English by Lee Smalley The playwright gives a play its plot, characters, dialog and form, but its sense of living reality is conveyed by the art of the actor. This fascinating collection of perspectives on acting is taken from biographies and autobiographies of American, British and Italian actors of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. John Wilkes Booth, an actor and the assassin of President Abraham Lincoln, is recalled by his brother, the great actor Edwin Booth, and by acclaimed actress Clara Morris. -- Lee Smalley

Recording facts

• Recording title: Little Masterpieces of Autobiography: Actors
• Author credits: George Iles
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 14
• Listed recording duration: 4:34:34

Catalogue topics

• memoirs
• acting
• 19th centiury actors
• acting techniques

Track guide

1. 00 - Preface — 3:32
2. 01 - Joseph Jefferson, Part 1 — 16:57
3. 02 - Joseph Jefferson, Part 2 — 14:23
4. 03 - Edwin Booth — 23:33
5. 04 - Charlotte Cushman — 20:39
6. 05 - Clara Morris, Part 1 — 20:26
7. 06 - Clara Morris, Part 2 — 19:52
8. 07 - Sir Henry Irving — 13:56
9. 08 - Henry Brodribb Irving — 28:18
10. 09 - EllenTerry — 20:03
11. 10 - Richard Mansfield — 30:01
12. 11 - Tommaso Salvini, Part 1 — 24:32
13. 12 - Tommaso Salvini, Part 2 — 20:20
14. 13 - Adelaide Ristori — 18:02

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