03596nam 22008415 450 991015032730332120240322012958.09781137300676113730067110.1057/9781137300676(CKB)3790000000020741(EBL)1986740(OCoLC)913797553(MiAaPQ)EBC4738486(DE-He213)978-1-137-30067-6(MiAaPQ)EBC1986740(Au-PeEL)EBL1986740(Perlego)3499288(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 History,2947-5775Includes index.9781349671441 1349671444 9781137300669 1137300663 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 History,2947-5775Motion picturesTelevision broadcastingMotion pictures, AmericanPerforming artsTheaterLiteratureArtsFilm and Television StudiesAmerican Film and TVTheatre and Performance ArtsLiteratureArtsMotion pictures.Television broadcasting.Motion pictures, American.Performing arts.Theater.Literature.Arts.Film and Television Studies.American Film and TV.Theatre and Performance Arts.Literature.Arts.791.4302/8092791.43028092Wertheim Aauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut1242810MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910150327303321W. C. Fields from Burlesque and Vaudeville to Broadway2882929UNINA