Transatlantic Stage Stars In Vaudeville And Variety
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Transatlantic Stage Stars in Vaudeville and Variety
Author | : L. Woods |
Publsiher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 314 |
Release | : 2016-09-23 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 9781137097392 |
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This book shows eminent actors performing under stringent conditions in vaudeville. It was a strange notion in 1900 that leading lights of the legitimate stage would ever join a bill of 'turns', with everything from song-and-dance to criminals regaling crowds with their exploits. It chronicles renowned actors showing rough fare in rough times.
Encyclopedia of Populism in America 2 volumes
Author | : Alexandra Kindell,Elizabeth S. Demers Ph.D. |
Publsiher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 1903 |
Release | : 2014-02-27 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9798216130567 |
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This comprehensive two-volume encyclopedia documents how Populism, which grew out of post-Civil War agrarian discontent, was the apex of populist impulses in American culture from colonial times to the present. The Populist Movement was founded in the late 1800s when farmers and other agrarian workers formed cooperative societies to fight exploitation by big banks and corporations. Today, Populism encompasses both right-wing and left-wing movements, organizations, and icons. This valuable encyclopedia examines how ordinary people have voiced their opposition to the prevailing political, economic, and social constructs of the past as well how the elite or leaders at the time have reacted to that opposition. The entries spotlight the people, events, organizations, and ideas that created this first major challenge to the two-party system in the United States. Additionally, attention is paid to important historical actors who are not traditionally considered "Populist" but were instrumental in paving the way for the movement—or vigorously resisted Populism's influence on American culture. This encyclopedia also shows that Populism as a specific movement, and populism as an idea, have served alternately to further equal rights in America—and to limit them.
Irish Stereotypes in Vaudeville 1865 1905
Author | : Jennifer Mooney |
Publsiher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 253 |
Release | : 2015-09-16 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9781137476623 |
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Vaudeville is often viewed as the source of some of the crude stereotypes that positioned the Irish immigrant in America as the antithesis of native-born American citizens. Using primary archival material, Mooney argues that the vaudeville stage was an important venue in which an Irish-American identity was constructed, negotiated, and refined.
W C Fields from Burlesque and Vaudeville to Broadway
Author | : A. Wertheim |
Publsiher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 2016-11-09 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 9781137300676 |
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W. 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.
Class Divisions on the Broadway Stage
Author | : M. Schwartz |
Publsiher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 2014-07-10 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781137353054 |
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Examining twenty-five years of theatre history, this book covers the major plays that feature representations of the Industrial Workers of the World. American class movement and class divisions have long been reflected on the Broadway stage and here Michael Schwartz presents a fresh look at the conflict between labor and capital.
Staging the Slums Slumming the Stage
Author | : J. Westgate |
Publsiher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 278 |
Release | : 2014-10-15 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9781137357687 |
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Drawing on traditional archival research, reception theory, cultural histories of slumming, and recent work in critical theory on literary representations of poverty, Westgate argues that the productions of slum plays served as enactments of the emergent definitions of the slum and the corresponding ethical obligations involved therein.
Theatre and Religion on Krishna s Stage
Author | : D. Mason |
Publsiher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 195 |
Release | : 2009-05-25 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 9780230621589 |
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Theatre and Religion on Krishna s Stage examines the history and form of India's râs lila folk theatre, and discusses how this theatre functions as a mechanism of worship and spirituality among Krishna devotees in India. From analyses of performances and conversations with performers, audience, and local scholars, Mason argues that râs lila actors and audience alike actively assume roles that locate them together in the spiritual reality that the play represents. Correlating Krishna devotion and theories of religious experience, this book suggests that the emotional experience of theatrical fiction may arise from the propensity of audiences to play out roles of their own through which they share a performance's reality.
Performing Magic on the Western Stage
Author | : L. Hass,F. Coppa,J. Peck |
Publsiher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2008-12-08 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 9780230617124 |
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Performing Magic on the Western Stage examines magic as a performing art and as a meaningful social practice, linking magic to cultural arenas such as religion, finance, gender, and nationality and profiling magicians from Robert-Houdin to Pen& Teller.