Author: Charles Durang
Publisher:
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Category : American drama
Languages : en
Pages : 126
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History of the Philadelphia Stage Between the Years 1749 to the Present Time
Author: Charles Durang
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American drama
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American drama
Languages : en
Pages : 126
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History of the Philadelphia stage between the years 1749 and 1855 [microform]
Author: Charles Durang
Publisher:
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Category : Actors
Languages : en
Pages :
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Publisher:
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Category : Actors
Languages : en
Pages :
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Adventures in Theater History: Philadelphia
Author: Peter Schmitz
Publisher: Brookline Books
ISBN: 1955041385
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
A collection of stories and fascinating facets of theater history in Philadelphia. From the founding of The Walnut Street Theatre and the beginning of the American circus to the world premiere performance of Arthur Miller’s play Death of a Salesman, and from censorship and opposition to riots and deadly fires, this engaging collection of short, focused narratives introduces the reader to the often overlooked and frequently underappreciated topic of the history of theater in Philadelphia, and offer a new way of approaching the wider history of this unique and important American city. The stories are populated by some of the many notable visitors to the city’s theaters, including Oscar Wilde, Edmund Kean, John Wilkes Booth, Sarah Bernhardt, Ayn Rand, Tennessee Williams, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Muhammad Ali, Paul Robeson and Joseph Papp; and the stories of heroes of local theater including Edwin Forrest, Pearl Bailey, Molly Picon, and Charles Fuller and Kevin Bacon. Also putting in appearances are the mostly forgotten, but no less fascinating Annie Kemp Bowler “the Original Stalacta,” May Manning Lillile the Quaker Cowgirl, and tennis champion William (“Big Bill”) Tilden. All together, these lively and vivid stories—many of them little-known or unexplored—serve to form a larger narrative of the role that theater has played, and continues to play, in shaping and reflecting the texture of life in an American city.
Publisher: Brookline Books
ISBN: 1955041385
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
A collection of stories and fascinating facets of theater history in Philadelphia. From the founding of The Walnut Street Theatre and the beginning of the American circus to the world premiere performance of Arthur Miller’s play Death of a Salesman, and from censorship and opposition to riots and deadly fires, this engaging collection of short, focused narratives introduces the reader to the often overlooked and frequently underappreciated topic of the history of theater in Philadelphia, and offer a new way of approaching the wider history of this unique and important American city. The stories are populated by some of the many notable visitors to the city’s theaters, including Oscar Wilde, Edmund Kean, John Wilkes Booth, Sarah Bernhardt, Ayn Rand, Tennessee Williams, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Muhammad Ali, Paul Robeson and Joseph Papp; and the stories of heroes of local theater including Edwin Forrest, Pearl Bailey, Molly Picon, and Charles Fuller and Kevin Bacon. Also putting in appearances are the mostly forgotten, but no less fascinating Annie Kemp Bowler “the Original Stalacta,” May Manning Lillile the Quaker Cowgirl, and tennis champion William (“Big Bill”) Tilden. All together, these lively and vivid stories—many of them little-known or unexplored—serve to form a larger narrative of the role that theater has played, and continues to play, in shaping and reflecting the texture of life in an American city.
The Philadelphia Stage, from 1749 to 1821
Author: Charles Durang
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Old Drury of Philadelphia
Author: Reese D. James
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 1512802832
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 716
Book Description
Includes the diary or daily account book of William Burke Wood, comanager with William Warren of the Chestnut Street Theatre, familiarly known as Old Drury.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 1512802832
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 716
Book Description
Includes the diary or daily account book of William Burke Wood, comanager with William Warren of the Chestnut Street Theatre, familiarly known as Old Drury.
The Theatre of Empire
Author: Douglas S Harvey
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 131732403X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Focusing on the years between 1750 and 1860, this study follows the creation and perpetuation of an imperial culture, from the London metropole to the Great Plains.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 131732403X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Focusing on the years between 1750 and 1860, this study follows the creation and perpetuation of an imperial culture, from the London metropole to the Great Plains.
A History of the Philadelphia Theatre, 1835-1855
Author: Arthur Herman Wilson
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 1512819360
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 736
Book Description
The first three volumes of a series that is to run to the present day and give complete theatrical records of their periods, with elaborate indexes of plays, players, and playwrights.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 1512819360
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 736
Book Description
The first three volumes of a series that is to run to the present day and give complete theatrical records of their periods, with elaborate indexes of plays, players, and playwrights.
The Philadelphia Stage from the Year 1749 to the Year 1855
Author: Charles Durang
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Theater
Languages : en
Pages : 244
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Publisher:
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Category : Theater
Languages : en
Pages : 244
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The Development of American Social Comedy from 1787 to 1936
Author: John Geoffrey Hartman
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 1512816744
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 1512816744
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.
The Philadelphia Theatre in the Eighteenth Century
Author: Thomas Clark Pollock
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 1512818410
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 1512818410
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.