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Title: An actor's notebooks, being some memories, friendships, criticisms and experiences of Frank Archer
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Archer, Frank
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Publisher: London : S. Paul & co.
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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las a story writer. He had tried his hand at play-writing. Years before we were acquainted he haddramatised one of his books called Poor Humanity,and the play had been produced at the old SurreyTheatre, successfully, I believe, for those days, whenruns were almost unknown. I seem to rememberhaving heard that Mr. Edward Terry acted in it. He made a play also from his story (the first serialof Cassells Magazine) called Anne Judge, Spinster,which he once read to Benjamin Webster and JohnBillington^; and there were two others he sent me.One, called Her Face Was Her Fortune, had in itthe character of a barrister he thought I should dojustice to, as he had seen me act a part on similar 1 In a letter to me in 1900 he says : I have been asked for anothernovel from my old stock for a cheap edition. I am offering The Bridgeof Glass, a sensational affair of 30 or 35 years ago, that had a pretty fairrun. John Brougham, of America, turned it into a play in New York, withLester Wallack as the hero.
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Photo by Elliott & Fry F. W. ROBINSON. P- 274) Home Chimes^ 275 lines. I was justified in thinking that with some helphe could ao-ain write a drama that should be successful, and we agreed to try and build a piece together. Theplay was completed, submitted, and rejected! Itshistory would be too long even if it proved of muchinterest—which I doubt—to relate here. It is a lessdifficult matter to talk of writing a good play than toproduce one with any certainty of success. Thoughthe loss of time it involved was great, it was the meansindirectly of my turning to the use of the pen ; whichbrings me to rather an interesting event in the worldof letters. In January 1884 appeared the first number of aperiodical, already mentioned, that was owned andedited by F. W. Robinson, called Home Chimes.In its first form it was issued weekly at a penny as alarge sheet, then reduced in size for a time; but in1886 it took on the form of a monthly, in appearancemuch what the Cornhill used to be, an

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