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Author Woods, Leigh, author.

Title Transatlantic stage stars in vaudeville and variety : celebrity turns / Leigh Woods
Published New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 307 pages)
Series Palgrave studies in theatre and performance history
Palgrave studies in theatre and performance history.
Summary This book shows eminent actors performing under stringent conditions in vaudeville. It was a strange notion in 1900 that leading lights of the legitimate stage would ever join a bill of 'turns', with everything from song-and-dance to criminals regaling crowds with their exploits. It chronicles renowned actors showing rough fare in rough times
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from title details screen (SpringerLink, viewed September 28, 2016)
Subject Vaudeville -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Vaudeville -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.) -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.) -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Entertainers -- Great Britain -- Biography
PERFORMING ARTS -- Theater -- General.
Entertainers
Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.)
Vaudeville
Great Britain
United States
Genre/Form Biographies
History
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2006044752
ISBN 9781137097392
1137097396