Wood Briggs: story teller

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WOOD BRIGGS
STORY TELLER


APPRECIATIONS
Cleveland, Ohio—Wood Briggs entertained a large and appreciative audience with his program Tears and Laughter at the North Presbyterian Church last week.  He held his audience from start to finish with interest.  His work shows careful, intelligent training and deserves the highest commendation.

—Mrs. P. Whelan, Kings Daughters.


Cincinnati, Ohio—Every number offered by Wood Briggs was thoroughly enjoyed and heartily applauded.  His program was well selected, and sincerely and enjoyably presented.—
Times Star.

Owensboro, Ky.—I have heard Wood Briggs on the platform several times in varied programs, and always with pleasure.  He is a story teller for above the average.  He has a fine stage presence, and a voice of strong magnetic quality.  He grips his audience from the start—holds it right along.  The more you hear Wood Briggs, the better you like him.

—Jas. McGinnis, Principal Ludlow, Ky. High School.

Frankfort, Ky.—Wood Briggs gave us one of his entertainments last week.  He was greeted with a good sized audience who were enthusiastic about his work.  Mr. Briggs is an entertainer of high order, easy, graceful, with an ability to grasp an author's idea and make his hearers feel it.  Scores have asked for us to have Mr. Briggs for a return engagement.

—H. G. Turner, Pastor M. E. Church.


Cleveland, Ohio—Wood Briggs is a master of the negro dialect.—
News.


Cincinnati, Ohio—Wood Briggs had a representative audience, which enjoyed his characterizations from start to finish.  His selections are out of the ordinary, and all the better for that.—
Post.


Covington, Ky.—Wood Briggs was heard last night by an audience that enjoyed every word from start to finish.—
Post.

Austinburg, Ohio—Mr. Wood Briggs appeared here duly in place of Mr. Wagner, and our people were greatly pleased with his program.—Rev. N. W. Bates.

Osnaburg, Ohio—Enclosed is payment for Mr. Wood Briggs.  Mr. Briggs is a very pleasing entertainer and his audience was well pleased.— G. O. Hoover





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WOOD BRIGGS STORY TELLER


APPRECIATIONS
Lexington, Ky.—Mr. Briggs' selections were well made.  His audience was interested from beginning to end.  We shall be glad to have him again.—D. C. Cruise, Gen'l Sec'y Y. M. C. A.

Madison, Ohio—Mr. Briggs gave us a very enjoyable entertainment last night.  We had a good house and the people enjoyed the entertainment very much.  Mr. Briggs is certainly a genius at story telling.  His plantation stories and southern dialect delighted his audience.—Rev. O. B. Jones.

Newport, Ky.—A very pleasing entertainer, he caught his audience early and held them until the very end.  We shall be very glad to have him come again.

—W. P. King, Sup't City Schools.

Richmond Dale, Ohio—Mr. Briggs proved himself to be an entertainer of rare ability, He is a master of the art of story-telling.  We enjoyed both him and his entertainment.—Ray C. McMillan.

Irvin S. Cobb—I shall be very glad to have you use my story, Words and Music.

John Fox, Jr.—I give you permission to use Hell Fer Sartin, with the greatest pleasure.

Charles Rann Kennedy—I shall be glad to let you read my play, The Terrible Meek for the season.

Goshen, Ohio—Enclosed find check in payment for Mr. Briggs' services.  Mr. Briggs proved a great success as the opening number of our course.  He gave the audience an hour and a half of most pleasing entertainment.  I am sure we have nothing to regret because of his coming in Mr. Wagner's place.—G. E. Roudebush.

Grand Valley, Pa.—Enclosed please find check for the first number of the Lyceum course.  We were sorry to hear of Mr. Wagner's illness but were glad to hear Mr. Briggs.  He is a fine entertainer and pleased a large audience.  We appreciate your effort in filling the date.—Mary Thomas.





WOOD BRIGGS Story Teller
FOR SOME years the Lyceum has known and appreciated entertaining lecturers—here is a lecturing-entertainer, Mr. Wood Briggs of Kentucky.  We are more than pleased to present Mr. Briggs in his unusual style of entertaining.  He leaves in the minds of his hearers as much of a message as the best lyceum lecturer, only the audience doesn't realize it until it is all over, and still he wishes to be known simply as a story teller.  No story is told that is not worth while from every viewpoint—they are carefully chosen, are clean and human and have literary and dramatic merit.  He tells them in a most natural and straight-forward way, without attempts at elocution.  From the start to the finish of his program there is a continuity of thought—his stories are woven together with a web of splendid, instructive and entertaining philosophy of his own.

Mr. Briggs filled over one hundred engagements last season as a substitute for another entertainer who was ill.  Every community was delighted with him—a rare record when one considers what a difficult task a substitute has, no matter how gifted he may be.

Mr. Briggs was born in Galveston, Texas, and raised in Kentucky.  He was educated for the law but preferred the broader field of the platform.  For three seasons he has been a conspicuous success.  To tell stories in the negro and mountaineer dialects comes second nature to him.



Mr. Briggs Offers Two Splendid Programs
HELPING THE WORLD GO 'ROUND

Wherein he introduces Uncle Dan'l, and Old Judge Priest. A Program of Rare Merit.

IT'S FUNNY, BUT IS IT ART?

Miscellaneous Program—An Hour and a Half of Love, Laughter and Pathos.



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