Excerpt from Who's Who on the Stage: The Dramatic Reference Book and Biographical Dictionary of the Theatre, Containing Records of the Careers of Actors, Actresses, Managers and Playwrights of the American Stage The task we set ourselves to accomplish was to present in attractive and artistic form biographical sketches of all who have attained eminence in connection with the contemporary American stage. Our first edition contains biographies, not only of hundreds of actors and actresses, including all the stars and many lesser lights, but also of managers, playwrights, musical composers, opera singers and the most prominent of vaudeville artists. Such a work on such an elaborate scale has never before been attempted, in this country. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.