THEATRE U.S.A., 1665 TO 1957 Copyright © 1959 by the McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. Printed in the United States of America. All rights reserved. This book, or parts thereof, may not be reproduced in any form without permission of the publishers. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 58-11982 8 9 10 11 12-MAMM-109 28585 The description of the Iroquois Theatre fire beginning on page 284 is reprinted from the book Clowning through Life by Eddie Foy and Alvin F. Harlow. Copyright, 1928, by E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.; renewal, 1956, by Alvin F. Harlow. Reprinted by permission of the publishers. The reviews of Sumurun on page 311 and of Broadway Jones on page 313 are reprinted from Second Nights by Arthur Ruhl, copy- right 1914 by Charles Scribner's Sons; renewal copyright 1942 by Zinaida Ruhl. Reprinted by permission of the publishers. -iv- |