Back Stage

by Vicki Baum, Paul Stahr (Illustrator)

Behind the scenes of a glittering theatrical production--

A young girl beginning her operatic career trembles in her decision between an abiding loyalty and a compelling love.

The dashing young tenor, who can choose from a host of feminine admirers, loses his heart to a girl who has placed him beyond his reach.

The famous baritone, on the threshold of a new life with his beautiful disciple, pathetically fights his approaching blindness.

And the great star, a dynamic personality who gives of himself to the utmost in Carmen and every role she assumes, untangles three love affairs with dramatic sacrifice.

Genres: Fiction

194 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1920

About the author

Vicki Baum (penname of Hedwig Baum) was born in a Jewish family in Vienna, Austria. She moved to the United States in 1932 and when her books were banned in the Third Reich in 1938, she started publishing in English. She became an American citizen in 1938 and died in Los Angeles, in 1960.

Reviews

[Creolecat]

Futures Vedettes/School for Love (1955)

[Samantha Glasser]

I loved Baum's Grand Hotel and imagined she could write an interesting Back Stage story, but it opens more like a soap opera than I expected it to.