Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 327 p.)
ISBN:
0826265855
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9780826265852
Note:
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-317) and index
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"Drawing on the recollections of renowned theater critic David Austin Latchaw and on newspaper archives of the era, Londre chronicles the "first golden age" of Kansas City theater, from the opening of the Coates Opera House in 1870 through the gradual decline of touring productions after World War I"--Provided by publisher
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Prologue: Frontier town amusements. Colonel and Mrs. Coates bring culture to cow town -- When the stars shone on Kansas City -- Expositions, priests of Pallas, variety saloons, and tarnished legitimacy -- The idealist who refought the Civil War and the stock company revival -- Our Mr. Judah, beloved coast to coast -- Big-time vaudeville and burlesque -- Glamour's last gasp -- Appendix: The big hat -- Topics covered in Austin Latchaw's "The enchanted years of the stage."
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe, Hardcover ISBN 0-8262-1709-5
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe, Hardcover ISBN 978-0-8262-1709-7
Language:
English
