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200 10$aStrange duets $eimpresarios and actresses in the American theatre, 1865-1914 /$fKim Marra
205   $a1st ed.
210   $aIowa City $cUniversity of Iowa$dc2006
215   $a1 online resource (379 p.)
225 1 $aStudies in theatre history and culture
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a0-87745-993-2 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [313]-339) and index.
327   $aContents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Premier Assertions; Pioneering on the Theatrical Frontier: Augustin Daly's Early Ventures; A Troubled Republic: Daly and His Leading Ladies; Birds of a Feather: The Queer Theatrical Empire of Charles Frohman and Maude Adams; Through Fairy and Fowl: Civilization by Sexual Inversion on Frohman's Imperial Stages; A Priestly Acting Pedagogy:David Belasco's Quest for Sexual Knowledge; Drilling Her in the Emotional Parts: David Belasco Trains Mrs. Leslie Carter for the Stage; Imperial Expiations: Belasco's Othered Worlds; Epilogue: Phantoms of Broadway
327   $aNotesBibliography; Index
330   $aAutocratic male impresarios increasingly dominated the American stage between 1865 and 1914. Many rose from poor immigrant roots and built their own careers by making huge stars out of "undiscovered," Anglo-identified actresses. Reflecting the antics of self-made industrial empire-builders and independent, challenging New Women, these theatrical potentates and their prote?ge?es gained a level of wealth and celebrity comparable to that of Hollywood stars today. In her engaging and provocative Strange Duets, Kim Marra spotlights three passionate impresario-actress relationships of exceptional dura
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