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CHAPTER V.
The Weight of New Responsibility. - Fate of Public Idols.
Shakspeare at the Toilet. Mental Aliment. Rehearsal of
Desdemona. Mr. Oakland's Analytical Criticisms. - The Sec-
ond Night behind the Scenes. Floy. - The Ballet-Girl's Re-
quest. Stella's Dreams of Future Power. - Perdita, and her
Senatorial Parent. -The Call-Boy's Rebuke of the Novice.-
Return of Stage Fright. A Blustering Othello. Desdemo-
na's Entrance in the Council-Chamber. Stella's Conception
of the Character. - Evidences of Genius. Unfortunate Em-
brace of the Moor and Lady. Meeting of the Sublime and
Absurd. Stella's Fall from Poetic Heights. - An Awkward
Predicament. Timely Advice of Mrs. Fairfax. - Stella again
surrenders herself to the Magic of Personation. Powers of
the Young Actress Unfolded. Salient Points. The Spell
accidentally dissolved by a Well-meaning Friend. — Fifth Âct.
- Unanticipated Violence of the Tragedian.
Suffocation. - Kind Assistance of Mrs. Fairfax.
Desdemona's
The Picture.
- Gradually increasing Tortures of Desdemona's Position.
Lost Consciousness,
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CHAPTER VI.
An Energizing Will conquering Physical Prostration. The
Actor's Private Sufferings set aside. Rehearsal of Lady of
Lyons. Mystery that enveloped Mrs. Pottle's Straying into
the Profession. Her Peculiar Attainments. Amusing Ec-
centricities. Literal Translation of the Eminent Tragedian's
Command.Merriment of the Actors. Wrath of Mr. Ten-
nent. Mrs. Pottle's Efforts to "Back Up."-Fisk's Ex-
uberant Delight. - Company assembled in Green-Room for
Reading of New Play. Murmurs. The Author's Entrance.
The Reading. Disrespectful Treatment of Mr. Percy by
his Auditors. Distribution of Parts. Mrs. Pottle's Queen-
ly Honors. Mr. Percy's Discomposure. Disparaging Re-
marks and Complaints. - Perdita redeems her Promise.
The Young Ballet-Girl's View of Life and Death. ― Rainy
Evening. Skyey Influences. The Fictitious Bouquet.
The Tragedian's Abstraction. Involuntary Asides of
Claude. Mr. Martin. Mind over Matter. Which is Vic-
torious in an Actor's Life. - Stella's Personation of the Lady
of Lyons. Inevitable Shortcomings of a Novice. The
Press aroused. Inconstancy of the Public. A New Idol
lifted to Lydia Talbot's Pedestal. Honeyed Poison.
gratitude the Consequence of Sudden Brilliant Success.
Cure,
In-
Its
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CHAPTER VII.
ousy.
Cast of Evadne. Miss Doran. Thunder and Pap. Jeal-
First Rehearsal of the New Play. The Youthful
Author and Actress. A Strange Phase of Professional Life.
- Pegasus Struggling with the Plough. - Ruthless Suppres-
sion of Poetic Gems. Miss Doran's Comments upon the Ne-
ophytes. First Entrance of Angry Passions into a Gentle
Heart. A Decree of Providence, and its Object. Repre-
sentation of Evadne. Miss Doran's Persecutions of the
Novice.Grand Climax of the Play.. Miss Doran in the
Hall of Statues. Her Cruel Plot. Bitterness of the Rival
Actresses. The Poem. Revery of the Young Actress.
Unconscious Betrayal of a Dawning Sentiment. -Night
Vigils. Palms of Honor for the Young Poet from the Hands
of the Actress. Last Rehearsal of New Play. A Stronger
Hope weighed against the Ambition of the Dramatist.
spiracy of the Actors. The Wreath of White Roses.
New Drama performed. Action of the Play. The Author
behind the Scenes. The Play's Success in Peril. Saved for
a time by Stella and Miss Doran. Reëndangered by the
Troubled Tragedian. Mrs. Pottle's Representation of Maj-
esty. Evidence of her Laudable Pursuits in the Green-
Room. Boisterous Merriment of the Audience. Inquiry
of a Wag. - Vagaries of Crestfallen Royalty. Agonies of
the Author. Mr. Doran's Admonition to his Daughter...
Mrs. Pottle's Conflagration. Panic and General Confusion.
A Ludicrous Discovery.
Con-
The
Un-
Queries of the Manager.
fortunate Mrs. Pottle. The Play's Unanticipated Termina-
tion. A Friend's Advice to the Author. His Flight. The
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CHAPTER VIII.
Second Performance of Virginia. - Jealousy of Miss Doran.
Impertinent Advances of Mr. Swain. Sabbath. Stella's
First Recognition of its Blessedness. Accidental Meeting
with Mr. Percy. Kindred Spirits. The Young Author's
Dream.Rehearsal of Much Ado about Nothing. Omission
of Offensive Lines. Miss Doran's Consequent Derision.
Stella's Failure in the Personation of the Sparkling Beatrice.
Miss Doran's Triumph as Hero. A Night of Torment.
The Merciless Critique. Bitter Reflections of the Novice
upon the Life she has entered. Second Performance of
Evadne. Another Frightful Night. Rehearsal of Juliet.
-Singular Change in Stella's Demeanor. Alarm of Mrs.
Fairfax. The Friendly Actress determined to snatch Stella
from her Perilous Situation. Sudden Bursts of Hilarity and
Fits of Gloom. Perdita in Grief. Stella's Thrilling Person-
ation of Juliet. The Audience and the Ballet-Girl. Close
of the Fourth Act. A Horrible Accident. - Sudden Death.
The Stage-Manager's Cold-blooded Orders. Stella's En-
tire Loss of Self-Control. The Manager's Visit to Stella's
Dressing-Room. An apparently Inhuman Request.— Juli-
et's Tomb. Terror of the Young Actress. Mrs. Fairfax
concealed in the Sepulchral Vault of the Capulets. - A Novel
Conclusion of the Tragedy. -The Suffering Actress before
the Foot-Lights. State in which she is taken Home. Mr.
Percy,
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CHAPTER IX.
The Watcher.- Orphan Mourners. - Perdita's Consolations.
The Ballet-Girl's Sorrows poured into the Bosom of the High-
bred Maiden. Rehearsal. Mr. Tennent's Reprimand of the
Novice. Stella's Strangeness of Manner. Performance of
Her
Edwin
Hamlet. Stella's Unusual Conduct behind the Scenes.
Interview with Mr. Martin in the Green-Room. - A Change
in Fisk. Stella's Personation of Ophelia Painfully Real.
Ophelia's Distribution of the Flowers. Her Last Scene.
Last Impressive Words. Unexpected Occurrences.
Percy among the Audience. His Vain Appeals to the Door-
Keeper. Excited Imagination and Over-tasked Brain.
Consultation of the Manager with Mrs. Fairfax and Mattie.
Stella removed to her Home. Maternal Anguish. - De-
votion of Mrs. Fairfax. Her Power over Stella. Ravings.
Arrival of Ernest. The Group beside the Bed of the
Young Actress one Fortnight after the Night of her Débût.
Restored Consciousness. Recognitions. Farewells. Con-
An Open Book. - A Voice from the Invisible
clusion.
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THE PROMPTER'S DAUGHTER.
CHAPTER I.
Property-Room of a Theatre. -Its Contents. The Property-
Cradle and its Occupant. Robin and Susan. A Prompter's
Trials. - History of the "General Utility."- The Prompt-
er's Courtship. -"Asking in Church." Wedding of the
Hunchbacked Prompter and the "General Utility.
-The
Bride at Rehearsal. - Tina. - The Cricket on the Hearth.
Dot's Baby. Tina's Débût. A Touch of Nature. The
Infantile "Hit." Susan's Prayer in the old Property-
Room,
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CHAPTER II.
Time and his Wonderful Works. The Seasons Dramatically
Represented. Time and his Symbols. Rough Treatment
of the Infant. Maternal Fears. Melting of a Stern Heart.
Tina in Fairy Pageants. Evenings at Home. -Rehearsal
of Pizarro. Tina as Cora's Child. Mr. Upton. Incident
at Rehearsal. Comparative Value of a Child's Arm and a
Tragedian's Point, in the Estimation of Mr. Upton. -Inter-
ference of Mr. Higgins. — Subserviency of Mr. Tuttle, the
Stage-Manager. Virtue of a Leathern Girdle. Tina and a
Stray Sunbeam. The Sphere of Childhood. -Its Effect in
the Theatre. - Tina and her Father. Gold and Silver Rain.
- The Temptation. - Performance of Pizarro,
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CHAPTER III.
Precocious Mental Development. Religious Training. — The
Young Sunday-school Teacher. Miss Amory's Proposition.
- Building the Mansion in which we shall dwell in the Great
Hereafter. -The Child-Actress at Sunday-School. Miss
Amory's Horror of a Theatre. Miss Haughtonville's Recog-
nition of Tina. The Discovery. -A Scene in Sunday-
School. Robin's Disclosure to his Child.—Life's First Bitter
Lesson. Change in Tina. - Juvenile Persecutions,
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CHAPTER IV.
Sensations of the Youthful Actress.
Tina's Person-
Genius.
ation of the Young Duke of York. - Jealousy of Richard's
Representative. Tina's First Call before the Foot-Lights.
Sudden Deafness of Mr. Tuttle. Mr. Higgins' Command and
Motives. The Hunchbacked Prompter's Delight. Duke of
York metamorphosed. - Merriment of the Audience. - Ru-
mors heard by Mr. Higgins. Robin bound by a Contract.
Discovery that he has been Over-reached. Tina as Prince
Arthur. Falling from the Wall. Mr. Upton softened.
William Tell. Tina as Albert. A Tragedian's Generosity.
-The Hunchback's Gratitude,
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Tina's Musical Gift. Mr. Higgins' Ideas of a Theatrical Es-
tablishment. The Tempest. Spurious Edition. Tina
"cast as Ariel. Discussion between the Manager and
Stage-Manager. Exultation of Susan and Robin on reading
the Cast. Excitement in the Theatre. Miss Mellen's Sar-
casm.Night of Performance. -The Prompter's Nook.
Ariel's Appearance. - Tina's Delineation. Fifth Act.
Ariel Flying. Entangled Wires. A Mother's Terror.
General Confusion. Frightful Catastrophe. Robin's Pres-
ence of Mind. The Rescue.Night-Watchers in the Green
Room. Bearing Tina Home. Incidents by the Way. -
The Child's Answer to her Father,
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A Mother's Vigils. — Mr. Higgins' Rule concerning Invalids.
-Sympathy of the Charitable. Visit of the Sunday-school
Teacher. The Mother's Pang of Jealousy. Reticence.
Convalescence. Susan's Return to the Theatre. First
Glance at the Place of Peril. - Tina at Kew Gardens.
Child's First Recognition of Nature. A Relapse.
Hunchback's Fears for his Wife. Two Minds in One.
Seasons of Love,
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Ill Effects of Mental Precocity. Preparation for Christmas
Pantomime. Mr. Higgins' Visit and Proposition. -Tina
Resuming her Profession. "Boxing Night."- The Fairy
Queen. The Pantomime.
The Child's Power of Will.
The Last Painful Effort.
Last Night of the Pantomime.
The Old Property-Room. The Adieus. Mr. Higgins and
the Young Actress. Stage Clothes laid aside for the Last
Time. King John. The Prompter's Agony. - Blistered
Pages of the Prompt-Book. Susan forced to enact Patience
in Henry the Eighth. -Toilet made by the Bedside of her
Child. The Young Sunday-school Teacher helping to robe
the Actress. Hymn Sung by Patience to Queen Katharine,
as she dies. The Mother's Return Home. Singing the
same Hymn to her Child. Robin's Entrance. The Last
Hymn. Tina's Release. The Mother's Last Offices. Un-
natural Strength giving way. Robin's Parting Declaration.
Reünion of Mother and Child.
Prompter's Victory,
Self-Renunciation.
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THE UNKNOWN TRAGEDIAN.
A Medical Decision. An Aged Pair. Singular Fact in Dra-
matic History.. Mr. and Mrs. Ruthven. - The Stage Villain
and First Old Woman of the Theatre. — Elma. Filial Devo-
tion. The Unknown Tragedian. - Correspondence. — Mys-
terious Eccentricities. Attachment. The Arrival. Re-
hearsal of the Valedictory. Mortimer's Powers of Captiva-
tion. Interview with Elma. - Painful Position of the Young
Girl. Farewell Benefit of the Aged Actress. Peculiarities
of a Dublin Audience. Damon and Pythias. Acting of the
Great Tragedian. - Elma's Scenic Talents. Exotics and
Violets. A Suspicion. The Venerable Actress as Mrs.
Malaprop. Incidents. An Expiring Flame. The Un-
spoken Adieu. Touching Close of a Long Career. The
Curtain and Pall,
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Elma's Attributes. Divine Providence. A Trustful Spirit.
-The Death-Bed and Betrothal. - The Box of Mementos.
Withered
A Confidence Postponed. Mortimer's Departure.
Violets. Change in the Stage Villain. - Expiring Faculties.
An Irish Absentee. Lord Oranmore and Leonard Edmon-
ton. Their Visit to Elma. Discussion between the Noble-
man and Student of Divinity. The Portrait. Elma's
Titled Suitor. An Offer. Reply of the Actress,
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