Harry Miner's American Dramatic Directory

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Excerpt from Harry Miner's American Dramatic Directory: For the Season of 1884-'85, A Complete Directory of the Dramatic and Operatic Professions and a Guide to the Opera Houses, Theatres and Public Halls of America, Together With Much Other Information of Value to the Amusement Profession In compiling and presenting this work to the public I have endeavored to fill a hitherto vacant place in the useful of American libraries. The growing popularity of the Stage, and almost universal desire to become better acquainted with things theatrical, convinced me several years since that a Directory would be not only eagerly sought after, but, if accurate, greatly simplify the labors of both managers and agents. I accordingly instructed the agents and managers of my various combinations to forward from time to time correct information regarding theatres, halls, hotels, railways and steamers to the office of the People's Theatre, where I carefully revised and arranged the volumes of matter thus collected and I take this opportunity to furnish them for the use of the public in general, and the theatrical profession in particular. Having a regularly organized staff of traveling managers and agents constantly employed in the working of my amusement enterprises, and being in communication with the leading representatives of the Theatrical World, I enjoy advantages that enable me to make the work I have undertaken more thorough and complete than any Guide or Directory ever published in America. The routes around the world, capacity of public buildings, distance and census tables have been gathered from reliable sources, and if they prove as useful to my readers as they have been difficult to obtain, I shall be amply repaid for my time and labor. 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.