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From San Francisco Eastward Victorian Theater in the American West
Title
From San Francisco Eastward [electronic resource] : Victorian Theater in the American West / Carolyn Grattan Eichin.
ISBN
1948908379
9781948908375
1948908387
9781948908382
Published
Las Vegas : University of Nevada Press, [2020] (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)
Physical Description
1 online resource
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Summary
"This is a study of theater in the hinterlands of the American West. In clear prose the author takes the reader through the ups and downs of an economic rollercoaster of theatrical strategies and personalities ever changing to meet the unique challenges of the region"-- Provided by publisher.
Variant and related titles
Project MUSE - 2020 Complete.
Project MUSE - 2020 US Regional Studies, West.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 18, 2020
Contents
The western setting : reciprocity with the hinterland
Deconstructing western audiences
Earliest entertainment venues
sexualized genres
Theater's social setting
transition to respectability
Moving the cultural frontier with combination companies
The fluid world of variety theater
Sculptors in snow : legitimate theater successes
Minority voices in the theater
a productive dissonance.
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Electronic books.
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Project Muse.
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