Author: Joseph D. Wood
Publisher:
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Category : Singers
Languages : en
Pages : 62
Book Description
Historical Dictionary of American Theater
Author: James Fisher
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 081087833X
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 571
Book Description
Historical Dictionary of American Theater: Beginnings covers the history of theater as well as the literature of America from 1538 to 1880. The years covered by this volume features the rise of the popular stage in American during the colonial era and the first century of the United States of America, with an emphasis on its practitioners, including such figures as Lewis Hallam, David Douglass, Mercy Otis Warren, Edwin Forrest, Charlotte Cushman, Joseph Jefferson, Ida Aldridge, Dion Boucicault, Edwin Booth, and many others. The Historical Dictionary of American Theater: Beginnings covers the history of early American Theatre through a chronology, an introductory essay, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 1000 cross-referenced entries on actors and actresses, directors, playwrights, producers, genres, notable plays and theatres. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the early American Theater.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 081087833X
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 571
Book Description
Historical Dictionary of American Theater: Beginnings covers the history of theater as well as the literature of America from 1538 to 1880. The years covered by this volume features the rise of the popular stage in American during the colonial era and the first century of the United States of America, with an emphasis on its practitioners, including such figures as Lewis Hallam, David Douglass, Mercy Otis Warren, Edwin Forrest, Charlotte Cushman, Joseph Jefferson, Ida Aldridge, Dion Boucicault, Edwin Booth, and many others. The Historical Dictionary of American Theater: Beginnings covers the history of early American Theatre through a chronology, an introductory essay, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 1000 cross-referenced entries on actors and actresses, directors, playwrights, producers, genres, notable plays and theatres. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the early American Theater.
Catalogue of Printed Books
Author: British Museum. Department of Printed Books
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 928
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 928
Book Description
The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author:
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Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 712
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
America and the Americans in 1833-4, by an Emigrant
Author: Richard Gooch
Publisher: Fordham Univ Press
ISBN: 9780823215942
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Gooch was a storyteller, poet, and perceptive social observer living in Georgian and early Victorian England. His previously unpublished, satirical account of his purported travels in America (focusing on New York City) was discovered by editor Richard Widdicombe. Widdicombe includes in this volume a short biography of Gooch, extensive textual and historical notes and an essay on Anglo-American travel literature. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Publisher: Fordham Univ Press
ISBN: 9780823215942
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Gooch was a storyteller, poet, and perceptive social observer living in Georgian and early Victorian England. His previously unpublished, satirical account of his purported travels in America (focusing on New York City) was discovered by editor Richard Widdicombe. Widdicombe includes in this volume a short biography of Gooch, extensive textual and historical notes and an essay on Anglo-American travel literature. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Victorian Biography
Author: Peter Bell
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University...
Author: Yale University
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Quinquennial Catalogue of the Officers and Graduates of Harvard University
Author: Harvard University
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 624
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 624
Book Description
The British Museum Catalogue of Printed Books, 1881-1900. Supplement, 1900-1905
Author: British Museum. Department of Printed Books
Publisher:
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 932
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 932
Book Description
The British Museum Catalogue of Printed Books, 1881-1900
Author: British Museum. Department of Printed Books
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 934
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 934
Book Description
Quinquennial Catalogue of the Officers and Graduates of Harvard University, 1636-1900
Author: Harvard University
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 624
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 624
Book Description