Enchantment E-Book

Harold Macgrath

• Herausgeber: Harold Macgrath
• Kategorie: Gesellschafts- und Liebesromane
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2017

Beschreibung

Enchantment written by Harold MacGrath who was a bestselling American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter. This book was published in 1905. And now republish in ebook format. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy reading this book.

Leseprobe

Enchantment

By

Harold MacGrath

TABLE OF CONTENTS

A NIGHT'S ENCHANTMENTTHE ADVENTURE OF THE LADY IN THE CLOSED CARRIAGE

I

II

THE BLIND MADONNATHE ADVENTURE OF THE GOLDEN LOUIS

NO CINDERELLATHE ADVENTURE OF THE SATIN SLIPPER

I

II

TWO CANDIDATESAN ADVENTURE IN LOVE AND POLITICS

I

II

THE ENCHANTED HATTHE ADVENTURE OF MY LADY'S LETTER

I

II

A NIGHT'S ENCHANTMENTTHE ADVENTURE OF THE LADY IN THE CLOSED CARRIAGE

I

So much depended upon every one's utter lack of nervousness and embarrassment that Shaw, the stage manager, decided that my presence at the final rehearsal would only add to the tension, and was therefore unnecessary. The "star" complained that her efforts to interpret my lines to my satisfaction were wearing her thin, while the "leading man" declared that he could not enter naturally into the spirit of the comedy so long as he knew I was watching from across the front.

To tell the truth, I was not unagreeable. There were many things I wanted to change, and I knew that if I once got headway I should have to write the play all over; and that was not in the contract. My room was better than my company. So Shaw gave me a card to The Players and left me there in the care of a distinguished fellow dramatist.

We had a capital dinner, and our exchange of experiences would have made a book equal in length to Revelation. What a time a fellow has to get a manager to listen to a better play than he has yet produced! I'm afraid that we said many uncomplimentary things about actors in general and managers in particular. The actor always has his own idea, the manager has his, and between them the man who wrote the play is pretty well knocked about. But when the play is produced every one's idea proves of some use, so I find.

Lesen Sie weiter in der vollst?ndigen Ausgabe!

Lesen Sie weiter in der vollst?ndigen Ausgabe!

Lesen Sie weiter in der vollst?ndigen Ausgabe!

Lesen Sie weiter in der vollst?ndigen Ausgabe!