Vaudeville, as it is commonly known today, began as a response to scandalous variety performances appealing mostly to adult, male patrons. When former minstrel performer and balladeer Tony Pastor opened the Fourteenth Street Theatre in New York in 1881, he was guided by a mission to provide family-friendly variety shows in hopes of drawing in that portion of the audience - women and children - otherwise inherently excluded from variety bills prior to 1881. There he perfected a framework for family-oriented amusements of the highest obtainable quality and style.
Historical Dictionary of Vaudeville contains a chronology, an introduction, an extensive bibliography, and the dictionary section has more than 1,000 cross-referenced entries on performing artists, managers and agents, theatre facilities, and the terminology central to the history of vaudeville. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about vaudeville.
| ISBN: | 9781538113349 |
| Publication date: | 15th June 2023 |
| Author: | James Fisher |
| Publisher: | Rowman & Littlefield an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 720 pages |
| Series: | Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts |
| Genres: |
Theatre studies History of Performing Arts Dictionaries |
Vaudeville, as it is commonly known today, began as a response to scandalous variety performances appealing mostly to adult, male patrons. When former minstrel performer and balladeer Tony Pastor opened the Fourteenth Street Theatre in New York in 1881, he was guided by a mission to provide family-friendly variety shows in hopes of drawing in that portion of the audience - women and children - otherwise inherently excluded from variety bills prior to 1881. There he perfected a framework for family-oriented amusements of the highest obtainable quality and style.
Historical Dictionary of Vaudeville contains a chronology, an introduction, an extensive bibliography, and the dictionary section has more than 1,000 cross-referenced entries on performing artists, managers and agents, theatre facilities, and the terminology central to the history of vaudeville. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about vaudeville.
Historical Dictionary of Vaudeville features in the following genres: Theatre studies, History of Performing Arts, Dictionaries
Historical Dictionary of Vaudeville is available in Hardback
Historical Dictionary of Vaudeville was written by James Fisher and published by Rowman & Littlefield an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
Historical Dictionary of Vaudeville has 720 pages
Yes it is part of Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts series
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