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Early stages : theatre in Ontario, 1800-1914 /

A circus, a production of Shakespeare, an evening of song and ventriloquism, a performance by a 'learned pig' - all of these offered an evening's entertainment to the citizens of early nineteenth-century Upper Canada. Although the population in 1800 was only 90,000, a wide range of en...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Saddlemyer, Ann
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, ©1990.
Colección:Ontario historical studies series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • The Ontario Historical Studies Series
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contributors
  • 1. Introduction / Saddlemyer, Ann
  • 2. The Cultural Setting: Ontario Society to 1914 / Careless, J.M.S.
  • 3. Amateurs of the Regiment, 1815-1870 / O'Dell, Leslie
  • 4. The Nineteenth-Century Repertoire / Davies, Robertson
  • 5. Entertainers of the Road / Brown, Mary M.
  • 6. Variety Theatre / Lenton-Young, Gerald
  • 7. Theatres and Performance Halls / Fairfield, Robert
  • 8. Chronology: Theatre in Ontario to 1914 / Plant, Richard
  • Select Bibliography / Plant, Richard
  • Illustration Credits
  • Index.