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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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The Gaiety Stage Door
Author: The Edwardian Theatre
Author: Michael R. BoothPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521453752
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
This book presents Edwardian entertainment and the Edwardian entertainment industry as parts of a vital, turbulent era whose preoccupations and paranoias echo those of our own day. Responding to recent shifts of attitude towards the Edwardians and their world, the essays in this collection take as their provinence broad patterns of theatrical production and consumption, focusing upon the economics of theatre management, the creation of new audiences, the politics of playgoing, and the meteoric rise of popular forms of mass entertainment, including musical comedy, variety theatre, and the cinema.
The Theatre
Author: Clement ScottPublisher:
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Category : Actors
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
Vol. for 1888 includes dramatic directory for Feb.-Dec.; vol. for 1889 includes dramatic directory for Jan.-May.
Time
Author: Briton HaddenPublisher:
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Category : Current events
Languages : en
Pages : 890
Book Description
Reels for 1973- include Time index, 1973-
S.A. Pictorical
Author: Plain English
Author: John HollingsheadPublisher:
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Category : Impresarios
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Memories and Music
Author: Sir Dan GodfreyPublisher:
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Category : Conducting
Languages : en
Pages : 368
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A History of the American Musical Theatre
Author: Nathan HurwitzPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317912055
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
From the diverse proto-theatres of the mid-1800s, though the revues of the ‘20s, the ‘true musicals’ of the ‘40s, the politicisation of the ‘60s and the ‘mega-musicals’ of the ‘80s, every era in American musical theatre reflected a unique set of socio-cultural factors. Nathan Hurwitz uses these factors to explain the output of each decade in turn, showing how the most popular productions spoke directly to the audiences of the time. He explores the function of musical theatre as commerce, tying each big success to the social and economic realities in which it flourished. This study spans from the earliest spectacles and minstrel shows to contemporary musicals such as Avenue Q and Spiderman. It traces the trends of this most commercial of art forms from the perspective of its audiences, explaining how staying in touch with writers and producers strove to stay in touch with these changing moods. Each chapter deals with a specific decade, introducing the main players, the key productions and the major developments in musical theatre during that period.
Recollections of Fred Leslie
Author: William Thomas VincentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Actors
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
About the Theatre
Author: William ArcherPublisher:
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Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description