From Traveling Show to Vaudeville: Theatrical Spectacle in America, 1830-1910

by Robert M. Lewis

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Before phonographs and moving pictures, live performances dominated American popular entertainment. Carnivals, circuses, dioramas, magicians, mechanical marvels, musicians, and theatrical troupes--all visited rural fairgrounds, small-town opera houses, and big-city palaces around the country, giving millions of people an escape from their everyday lives for a dime or a quarter. In From Traveling Show to Vaudeville, Robert M. Lewis has assembled...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0801887488

ISBN13:9780801887482

Release Date:October 2007

Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press

Length:400 Pages

Weight:2.00 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Age Range:22 years and up

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

Related Subjects

Americas Arts, Music & Photography History Humor & Entertainment Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Performing Arts Theater Travel

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