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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797685303321

Autore

Collins Thomas P. <1944->

Titolo

Arizona on stage : playhouses, plays, and players in the territory, 1879-1912 / / Thomas P. Collins

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Guilford, Connecticut ; ; Helena, Montana : , : TwoDot, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-4930-1660-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 p.)

Disciplina

792.09791/09034

Soggetti

Theater - Arizona - History - 19th century

Theater - Arizona - History - 20th century

Theaters - Arizona - History - 19th century

Theaters - Arizona - History - 20th century

Actors and actresses - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Part I; CHAPTER ONE Theater Builders in Boomtowns; CHAPTER TWO Comic Charmers; CHAPTER THREE Drama Queens; CHAPTER FOUR Youthful Shakespeareans; CHAPTER FIVE Dynamic Duos of the Melodrama; Part II; CHAPTER SIX Grand Theaters for Grandiose Productions; CHAPTER SEVEN Shakespearean and Romantic Actors; CHAPTER EIGHT The Sardoudlists; CHAPTER NINE Modern Realists; CHAPTER TEN The Wild West Takes the Stage; CHAPTER ELEVEN The Grand Finale; Afterword; Endnotes; A Selected Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

Theatrical Arizona brings the colorful world of Old West theater to life through entertaining narrative, theater posters, photos of actors, newspaper images, and more. The book will include archival newspaper reviews from Arizona and elsewhere in the country that give a vivid idea of the performers and their acting styles and the strengths and weaknesses of their productions. The book also includes humorous anecdotes about the hazards of live performance and brief but lively summaries of the plays and biographies of the actors and actresses.