Stage Confidences

“What chance has a girl in private life of getting on the stage?” Clara Morris answers with disarming bluntness: “Almost none.”

In the theatrical profession Morris knows, eager beginners crowd behind trained actresses already waiting for engagements. Writing to young women who dream of the stage, she refuses to dress ambition up as destiny: a newcomer, she says, needs fortune, powerful influence, or a beauty so compelling it can open a manager’s door. But her candour cuts both ways. Morris challenges the fear that actresses face dangers unlike other working women, and replaces melodramatic warnings with hard-earned counsel about people, disappointment and self-respect. How can a girl tell the difference between a real opening and a dream that will cost her too much?

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