Mimic Life; or Before and Behind the Curtain

About this film

LibriVox recording of Mimic Life; or Before and Behind the Curtain by Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie. Read in English by Kelly S. Taylor Mimic Life; or Before and Behind the Curtain is a collection of three narratives about life in the theater based on Mowatt’s career on stage. The stories, “Stella,” “The Prompter’s Daughter,” and “The Unknown Tragedian” reveal the every-day challenges faced by Victorian theatrical workers and argue against prejudices against this profession still held by many people at that time. - Summary by Kelly S. Taylor For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org . M4B Audiobook (325MB)

Directors & creators

Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;melodrama; theater history

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