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America's First Regional Theatre : The Cleveland Play House and Its Search for a Home / by J. Ullom.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ullom, Jeffrey, 1971- Author.
- Series:
- Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History, 2947-5775
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Theater--History.
- Theater.
- Performing arts.
- America--History.
- America.
- Arts.
- Theatre History.
- Theatre and Performance Arts.
- History of the Americas.
- Local Subjects:
- Theatre History.
- Theatre and Performance Arts.
- History of the Americas.
- Arts.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (297 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2014.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Cleveland Play House has mirrored the achievements and struggles of both the city of Cleveland and the American theatre over the past one hundred years. This book challenges the established history (often put forward by the theatre itself) and long-held assumptions concerning the creation of the institution and its legacy.
- Contents:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction ; 1. Building the House; 2. Averting Disaster and Ignoring Cleveland; 3. Learning Curve; 4. "Catch These Vandals!"; 5. Catering to Cleveland; 6. Escaping No-Man's-Land; 7. The "Endangered Theatre"; 8. A Place to Call Home; Conclusion: The New "No-Man's-Land"; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781137394354
- 1137394358
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