?The Johnsons have identified 427 autobiographies of people in the theatre and related performing fields, including producers, managers, and backstage folk as well as actors. For each memoir a list of editions is given along with an annotation giving a brief resume of the author's career and any special topics with which the book deals. ... A useful work for theater and performing arts collections and possibly for students of history, since the index attempts to bring out the economic and social conditions under which the authors worked.?-Choice