| Transatlantic Stage Stars in Vaudeville and Variety: Celebrity Turns 2008 Edition Contributor(s): Woods, L. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1403975361 ISBN-13: 9781403975362 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $49.49 Product Type: Hardcover Published: December 2008 Annotation: It was a strange notion in 1900, that leading lights of the legitimate stage would ever join a bill of " turns" or short acts, everything from, and in between, song-and-dance, trained animals, blackface, aerialists, criminals regaling crowds with their exploits, eating fire. "Transatlantic Stage Stars in Vaudeville and Variety "shows renowned actors showing rough fare in rough times. Celebrity will be seen changing, always, even to twisting its foremost exemplars in the wind. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Performing Arts | Theater - History & Criticism - History | United States - 20th Century |
| Dewey: 792.709 |
| LCCN: 2006044752 |
| Series: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History |
| Physical Information: 0.93" H x 5.74" W x 8.4" (1.02 lbs) 307 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book shows eminent actors performing under stringent conditions in vaudeville. It was a strange notion in 1900 that leading lights of the legitimate stage would ever join a bill of 'turns', with everything from song-and-dance to criminals regaling crowds with their exploits. It chronicles renowned actors showing rough fare in rough times. |