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Autore: | Collins Thomas P. <1944-> |
Titolo: | Arizona on stage : playhouses, plays, and players in the territory, 1879-1912 / / Thomas P. Collins |
Pubblicazione: | Guilford, Connecticut ; ; Helena, Montana : , : TwoDot, , 2016 |
©2016 | |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (289 p.) |
Disciplina: | 792.09791/09034 |
Soggetto topico: | 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 | |
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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Arizona on stage |
ISBN: | 1-4930-1660-1 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910797685303321 |
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