<div><div><i>Transatlantic Stage Stars in Vaudeville and Variety </i>shows eminent actors performing under stringent conditions in vaudeville. Some of the stars, it will surprise no one to learn, did better than others. It was a strange notion in 1900 that leading lights of the legitimate stage would ever join a bill of “turns” or short acts, with everything from, and in between, song-and-dance, trained animals, blackface, aerialists, criminals regaling crowds with their exploits, and andeating fire. <i>Transatlantic Stage Stars in Vaudeville and Variety </i>chronicles renowned actors showing rough fare in rough times.</div></div>