"Sydney Race (1875-1960) lived nearly all his life in Nottingham. From his teenage years, he was fascinated by entertainment, and was a regular visitor to the theatre, circus and the annual Goose Fair, as well as the concerts and readings at the Nottingham Mechanics' Institution ... his journals for the period 1892 to 1900 represent his early reflections on performance, from his very first visit to a theatre, to the shows at the Goose Fair, to Henry Irving, Ellen Terry and the lesser luminaries of the portable theatres" - publisher's blurb.