In placing this little book before the boys, and the public in
general, the author has endeavored to show up the mystic art of stage
performances as clearly as possible--explicitly enough to enable the
greenest amateur to erect a stage in his own drawing-room, and to place
before his friends the accompanying plays in a manner that shall give
entire satisfaction.
The growth of private theatricals has been very large of late years,
but the one cry has been: “How can we get up a home performance
properly, and with as little expense as possible?” Nothing easier,
say I; and if my reader will but follow the instructions herein after
given, I have not the slightest doubt that he will be fully able to do
all he desires in the home-circle in this mystic art; and with this
little prelude, we proceed at once to the work in hand.