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Strange duets : impresarios and actresses in the American theatre, 1865-1914 /
"Autocratic male impresarios increasingly dominated the American stage between 1865 and 1914. Many rose from poor immigrant roots and built their own careers by making huge stars out of "undiscovered," Anglo-identified actresses. Reflecting the antics of self-made industrial empire-bu...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Iowa City :
University of Iowa Press,
©2006.
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| Colección: | Studies in theatre history and culture.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Pioneering on the theatrical frontier : Augustin Daly's early ventures
- A troubled republic : Daly and his leading ladies
- Birds of a feather : the queer theatrical empire of Charles Frohman and Maude Adams
- Through fairy and fowl : civilization by sexual inversion on Frohman's imperial stages
- A priestly acting pedagogy : David Belasco's quest for sexual knowledge
- Drilling her in the emotional parts : David Belasco trains Mrs. Leslie Carter for the stage
- Imperial expiations : Belasco's othered worlds.