Comedian of the frontier : the life of actor/manager Jack Langrishe, 1825-1895 / Margaret McCutcheon Lauterbach and Charles E. Lauterbach.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lauterbach, Margaret, 1933- author.

Lauterbach, Charles E., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Langrishe, John S., approximately 1825-1895.

Langrishe, John S.

Motion picture actors and actresses--United States--Biography.

Motion picture actors and actresses.

United States.

Comedians--United States--Biography.

Comedians.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

256 pages: illustrations; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland and Company, Inc., 2016.

Language Note:

Text in English.

Summary:

In his day, theater actor and manager Jack Langrishe (1825-1895) was about as well known in the West as General Grant was in the East. Langrishe provided entertainment to prospectors, miners and their families in Colorado, Montana, South Dakota and Idaho. He followed the expanding frontier from the old Northwest Territory to Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, and enjoyed his share of luck-he was out of town during the 1871 Chicago Fire, and was traveling through Indian territory at the same time Custer's command was being wiped out a day's ride away. Best known as a gifted comic actor and producer of fine dramas, Langrishe also edited newspapers, was an Idaho state senator and served as a justice of the peace. Here for the first time is the complete story of the father of theater in the West. Book jacket.

Contents:

Cover; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments ; Preface ; Introduction ; 1. New Land, New Life ; 2. Moving West: The Old Northwest Territory ; 3. A New Theatre Home ; 4. Riding High ; 5. Profits Shrink ; 6. Rootless ; 7. Colorado ; 8. Gold Circuit ; 9. Into Unknown Perils

10. Return to Montana 11. Chicago ; 12. The Black Crook Venture ; 13. Battered but Not Beaten ; 14. Deadwood ; 15. High in the Rockies ; 16. Mining, Managing and Acting ; 17. On the Last Tour ; 18. End of the Last Tour ; 19. Another Gold Rush ; 20. A New Career and Reflections

21. Shattered Peace 22. The Last Act ; Epilogue ; Chapter Notes ; Bibliography ; Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1476664099

9781476664095

OCLC:

959626085