Flappers & Fiction

Her theatrical life began at age three, asleep on a bundle of straw as a replacement for a pasteboard doll. From the sun-drenched stages of Marseilles to the formidable firmament of Paris, Jane Hading chronicles a life lived entirely behind the footlights. She details her transformation from operetta singer to dramatic star, tracing the stark contrast between the flowers of public adoration and the private chains of a disastrous marriage. It is a candid memoir of a woman who conquered the theaters of three continents yet remained, at heart, the dedicated “little artist” of the provinces.