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"It was play or starve" : acting in the nineteenth-century American popular theatre
- Title
- "It was play or starve" : acting in the nineteenth-century American popular theatre / John Hanners.
- Author
- Hanners, John.
- Publication
- Bowling Green, Ohio : Bowling Green State University Popular Press, ©1993.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | PN2245 .H36 1993 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Bowling Green State University Popular Press.
- Description
- 163 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- Entertainment and leisure studies
- Uniform Title
- Entertainment and leisure studies
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-163).
- Contents
- pt. 1. Showboats, Minstrels and Panoramas. Ch. 1. "It Was Play or Starve": An Early Showboat Entertainer. Ch. 2. William Henry Lane, "Master Juba": The Man Who Invented Tap Dance. Ch. 3. The "Great Three-Mile" Painting -- pt. 2. Child Prodigies, Museums and European Visitors. Ch. 4. Infant Phenomena: The Bateman Sisters on Stage. Ch. 5. Banvard's Museum and Theatre, Broadway and Thirtieth Streets: A Study in Theatre Failure. Ch. 6. Revolt in Milwaukee: The 1891-1892 Pseudo "Meininger" American Tour -- pt. 3. Theatre in Small Town America. Ch. 7. "Left for Parts Unknown": The Professional Stock Company in Terre Haute, Indiana, 1857-1858. Ch. 8. A Stop on the "Proximical" Tour: Edwin Booth in Terre Haute -- pt. 4. The Circus. Ch. 9. "Larceny in His Soul": The Circus Grifter.
- ISBN
- 0879725869
- 9780879725860
- 0879725877
- 9780879725877
- LCCN
- 93070629
- OCLC
- ocm28817995
- 28817995
- SCSB-2028877
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library