Understudy

This early work by Robert Barr was originally published in 1896 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. "The Understudy" is a short story telling the tale of an actor who steals the identity of a missing African explorer but with the best of intentions. Robert Barr was born on 16th September 1849 in Glasgow, Scotland, but he and his parents emigrated to Upper Canada...