03940nam 22007935 450 991015032730332120230803214859.01-137-30067-110.1057/9781137300676(CKB)3790000000020741(EBL)1986740(OCoLC)913797553(MiAaPQ)EBC4738486(DE-He213)978-1-137-30067-6(MiAaPQ)EBC1986740(Au-PeEL)EBL1986740(EXLCZ)99379000000002074120160328d2014 u| 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierW. C. Fields from Burlesque and Vaudeville to Broadway Becoming a Comedian /by A. Wertheim1st ed. 2014.New York :Palgrave Macmillan US :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2014.1 online resource (293 p.)Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance HistoryIncludes index.1-349-67144-4 1-137-30066-3 Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Illustrations ; Acknowledgments ; Symbols and Abbreviations ; Prologue; Introduction ; Part I The Fledgling Years ; 1. Meet the Dukenfields ; 2. Life with Father ; Part II The Training Ground ; 3. The Tramp Juggler ; 4. Initiation Rites ; 5. The Sly Conjurer ; 6. The Big Time ; Part III "All the World's a Stage" ; 7. "A Master Pantomimist" ; 8. "My Art Never Satisfies Me" ; 9. To the Antipodes ; 10. The Trouper on the Flying Trapeze ; 11. The Ham Tree ; Part IV "What Therefore God Hath Joined Together, Let Not Man Put Asunder"12. The Breakup 13. The Affair ; Part V The Labyrinth to the Ziegfeld Follies ; 14. The Road to the Palace ; 15. The Second Home ; 16. "They Had Me Sweating Blood" ; 17. Backstabbed ; Epilogue; NotesW. C. Fields was a virtuoso comedian, often called a comic genius, legendary iconoclast, and "Great Man," who brought so much laughter to millions while enduring so much anguish. This book explores his little-known, long stage career from 1898 to 1930, which had a major influence on his comedy and screen presence.Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance HistoryMotion pictures and televisionMotion pictures—United StatesTheaterPerforming artsLiteratureArtsScreen Studieshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/413000American Cinema and TVhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/413010Theatre and Performance Studieshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/415000Performing Artshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/415030Literature, generalhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/800000Artshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/416000Motion pictures and television.Motion pictures—United States.Theater.Performing arts.Literature.Arts.Screen Studies.American Cinema and TV.Theatre and Performance Studies.Performing Arts.Literature, general.Arts.791.4302/8092791.43028092Wertheim Aauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut1242810MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910150327303321W. C. Fields from Burlesque and Vaudeville to Broadway2882929UNINA