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From San Francisco Eastward : Victorian Theater in the American West / Carolyn Grattan Eichin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Eichin, Carolyn Grattan, 1951- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Theater and society.
- Theater.
- Theater and society--West (U.S.)--History--19th century.
- Theater--West (U.S.)--History--19th century.
- West United States.
- Genre:
- History.
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (291 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Las Vegas : University of Nevada Press, [2020]
- 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.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781948908375
- 1948908379
- OCLC:
- 1127185478
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