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UNINA9910458500303321 |
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Autore |
Goldman Herbert G |
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Titolo |
Fanny Brice [[electronic resource] ] : The Original Funny Girl |
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Oxford, : Oxford University Press, USA, 1992 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-535901-1 |
1-4294-0782-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (335 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Actors -- United States -- Biography |
Brice, Fanny |
Comedians -- United States -- Biography |
Singers -- United States -- Biography |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Introduction; 1 A Borach; 2 Enter Miss Brice; 3 College Girl; 4 Shubert Sonata; 5 Nick Arnstein; 6 Into Her Own; 7 The Fugitive; 8 What Every Woman Nose; 9 The Divorce from ""My Man""; 10 The Short-Stemmed Rose; 11 Baby Snooks at Last; 12 ""Rewolt!""; 13 Divorced Again: ""That Rat""; 14 Life Without Roses; 15 Closing Number; The Legacy; Bibliography; Stageography; Filmography; Radiography; Discography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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""I've done everything in the theatre except marry a property man,"" Fanny Brice once boasted. ""I've acted for Belasco and I've laid 'em out in the rows at the Palace. I've doubled as an alligator; I've worked for the Shuberts; and I've been joined to Billy Rose in the holy bonds. I've painted the house boards and I've sold tickets and I've been fired by George M. Cohan. I've played in London before the king and in Oil City before miners with lanterns in their caps."" Fanny Brice was indeed show business personified, and in this luminous volume, Herbert G. Goldman, acclaimed biographer of Al |
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