| Description |
xiv, 338 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Series |
Contributions in drama and theatre studies ; no. 1 0163-3821 |
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Contributions in drama and theatre studies ; no. 1.
0163-3821
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [301]-324). |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Preface / Myron Matlaw -- Notes from an old girl watcher / Monroe Lippman -- Vaudeville : entertainment of the masses / Bill Smith -- Show biz in blackface : the evolution of the minstrel show as a theatrical form / Robert C. Toll -- Ethnic comedy in vaudeville and burlesque / Paul Antonie Distler -- At my mother's knee (and other low joints) / Ralph G. Allen -- Modern burlesque : discussions and skits / Morton Minksy ... [et al.] -- Blacks in vaudeville : Broadway and beyond / Helen Armstead-Johnson -- "A little letter to Mamma" : traditions in Yiddish vaudeville / Nahma Sandrow -- George L. Fox and Bowery pantomime / Laurence Senelick -- The vocal and theatrical music of Bert Williams and his associates / Max Morath -- Dr. Kronkhite revisited / Joe Smith. |
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Trouping through Texas : Harley Sadler and his own show / Clifford Ashby -- Tent rep : Broadway's poor relation / William L. Slout -- Trouping with the Schaffners / Caroline Schaffner -- Circus and side shows / Marcello Truzzi -- The evolution of the circus in nineteenth-century America / Richard W. Flint -- The origin of the circus parade wagon / George Speaight -- The Wild West exhibition : a fraudulent reality / William Brasmer -- Recollections of medicine show life / Mae Noell -- Tripping on the light fantastic toe : popular dance of early Portland, Oregon, 1800-1864 / Jenifer P. Winsted -- Gabriel Ravel and the Martinetti family : the popularity of pantomime in 1855 / Gretchen A. Schneider -- Ruth St. Denis : dance popularizer with "high art" pretensions / Suzanne Shelton -- Disneyland and the "Los Angelization" of the arts / James H. Bierman. |
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The "Theatre Western" of Marseilles or the French metamorphosis of an American popular myth / Denis Gontard --Popular entertainments : summing up / Ray B. Browne -- American popular entertainment : a historical perspective bibliography / Don B. Wilmeth. |
| Subject |
Performing arts -- United States -- History -- Congresses.
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Popular culture -- United States -- Congresses.
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Amusement.
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7.150.
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| Added Author |
Matlaw, Myron, 1924-1990
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American Society for Theatre Research.
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Theatre Library Association.
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| ISBN |
0313210721: $25.00 |
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