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Writing for Vaudeville
Brett Page · The Home Correspondence School · 1915 · Originally in English · introductory
A 1915 manual explaining how vaudeville bills were constructed—essential context for musical theatre dance roots.
About the author
The Home Correspondence School was a distance education publisher active in the early 20th century, offering trade manuals and instructional courses to workers and entrepreneurs seeking to develop practical skills by mail. The school produced similar manuals on theatre management, stagecraft, and performance—treating entertainment production as a learnable, systematizable craft. The specific author or compiler of Writing for Vaudeville is not identified in available records.