"There are two sides to every question. There are two sides to every —what is termed the ' back ' and the ' front of the house,' or more generally known as ' before and behind the footlights '—and if of late years both sides of the curtain have been made familiar to the public gaze, it is not because it is the fashion to court observation, but on account of a passionate national curiosity to know the truth."
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Gertrude Kingston
(born Gertrude Angela Kohnstamm; 24 September 1862 – 7 November 1937) was an English actress, an , illustrator, artist in lacquer work, journalist, and teacher of public speaking.
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