| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
328 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [297]-306) and index. |
| Contents |
The overture -- Who put the "devil" in vaudeville? -- Good, clean fun -- Birth of an industry -- Tooth and nail -- The palace years -- Troupers -- The march of progress -- The phoenix in foolscap -- The chaser. |
| Summary |
Writer and modern-day vaudevillian Trav S.D. explores the many ways in which vaudeville's story is the story of show business in America. In documenting the rich history and cultural legacy of our country's only purely indigenous theatrical form, he demonstrates that vaudeville was a showcase for the best and worst America had to offer-a platform for diversity, tolerance, and democracy, darkly tempered by the cash-is-king ethos of market capitalism. |
| Subject |
Vaudeville -- United States -- History.
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| Added Title |
No applause, just throw money |
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No applause just throw money |
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Book that made vaudeville famous |
| ISBN |
0571211925 alkaline paper |
| Standard No. |
9780571211920 |
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