An edition of The Players' Book: A Half-Century of Fact, Feeling, Fun and Folklore (1938)

The Players' Book

A Half-Century of Fact, Feeling, Fun and Folklore

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An edition of The Players' Book: A Half-Century of Fact, Feeling, Fun and Folklore (1938)

The Players' Book

A Half-Century of Fact, Feeling, Fun and Folklore

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A collection of stories and reminiscences, with photos and drawings, looking back on the history of the New York City club. Includes a rare Sherlock Holmes parody, "The Adventure of the Missing Hatrack," by Holmes' illustrator Frederic Dorr Steele.

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Publisher
The Players
Language
English
Pages
382

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Subjects

Players Club, Sherlock Holmes, Theater

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Mark Twain, Edwin Booth

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Cover of: The Players' Book
The Players' Book: A Half-Century of Fact, Feeling, Fun and Folklore
1938, The Players
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Table of Contents

Fifty years isn't so much, with a docile diaphragm / Otis Skinner --
A half century of fellowship / John S. Phillips --
There were giants in those days / Clayton Hamilton --
Edwin Booth, the poor tribute of a lonesome hermit / Poultney Bigelow --
Memories / Frank Sullivan --
Symposium, or, Conversational banquet at the Players / Plato, Jr. --
The actor and the empress / Booth Tarkington --
Let freedom ring / Henry Wysham Lanier --
Weed / Don Marquis --
The new tenants at no. 16 / Richardson Wright --
The Players psychosis / Gelett Burgess --
Historic moments --
An asylum for the élite / Robert Cortes Holliday --
The adventure of the missing hatrack / F.D.S --
Air cooled / Frederic Dorr Steele --
Up-state makes the heart grow fonder / Burges Johnson --
Of ghosts and other things / Arthur Maurice --
The Order of the Silver Collar Button / Don Marquis --
Drink hearty / A.E. Thomas --
Bacchic tales --
The Players' library / Francis Wilson and H.W.L. --
Music in the air / by Brian Hooker.

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New York, USA

Classifications

Library of Congress
PN2016 .P55

Contributors

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Otis Skinner
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Frank Sullivan
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Booth Tarkington
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Don Marquis
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Gelett Burgess
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Frederic Dorr Steele
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A.E. Thomas
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Brian Hooker
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John S. Phillips
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Clayton Hamilton
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Poultney Bigelow
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Plato, Jr.
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Richardson Wright
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Robert Cortes Holliday
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Burges Johnson
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Arthur Maurice
Cover Design
Charles B. Falls
Graphic Design
Lester Douglas

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Number of pages
382
Dimensions
10 1/4 x 7 x 1 1/8 inches

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL25442398M
LCCN
39001369
OCLC/WorldCat
2496803

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