ABSTRACT
In those days the path of a young actor in Germany led, after a theatrical school or “private” teaching, to some little hole in the provinces or to a traveling company, known as “hams.” There you served up a new, full-blown part every night—or every second or third night—until you had the luck to reach a somewhat larger town, where you worked more slowly and carefully—a new play every four or five days, or only every week.
