Footlights And Spotlights; Recollections Of My Life On The Stage

Footlights And Spotlights; Recollections Of My Life On The Stage
Author: Otis Skinner
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
Total Pages: 382
Release: 2016-01-18
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1786257866

The autobiography of famous actor and vaudevillian Otis Skinner who trod the boards in the early 1900’s, this book is filled with anecdotes of a bygone age. He travelled the globe and played many roles but is best remembered for his most famous role as the beggar Hajj in the original theatrical version of Kismet.

Footlights on the Border

Footlights on the Border
Author: Joseph Gallegly
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2020-05-18
Genre: History
ISBN: 3112317548

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Into the Spotlight

Into the Spotlight
Author: Carrie Hope Fletcher
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2020-09-17
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0241462126

Inspired by the much-loved classic Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfeild, Into the Spotlight is a magical new story from bestselling author and acclaimed performer Carrie Hope Fletcher. Brilliant Aunt Maude visits seasides the world over and has become quite the pebble collector. Pebbles of all shapes, sizes and colours and even one that looked a bit like Elvis Presley if you squinted a bit. Her favourite pebbles, however, are Marigold, Mabel and Morris. One by one, and by strange and unusual ways, each child arrives at the stage door of Brilliant Aunt Maude's theatre in the heart of London, home to an extraordinary cast of performers. There's Dante the miraculous magician, Petunia the storyteller and seventy-year-old contortionists - the Fortune Sisters! But ticket sales are dwindling and the curtains might have to close - for the final time. Until one day, as the Pebbles are exploring the many nooks and crannies of the theatre, they stumble upon something they were never meant to find . . . something that just might save the theatre after all . . .

Bulletin

Bulletin
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 442
Release: 1922
Genre: Electric lighting
ISBN:

May Irwin

May Irwin
Author: Sharon Ammen
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Total Pages: 409
Release: 2016-12-07
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0252099095

May Irwin reigned as America's queen of comedy and song from the 1880s through the 1920s. A genuine pop culture phenomenon, Irwin conquered the legitimate stage, composed song lyrics, and parlayed her celebrity into success as a cookbook author, suffragette, and real estate mogul. Sharon Ammen's in-depth study traces Irwin's hurly-burly life. Irwin gained fame when, layering aspects of minstrelsy over ragtime, she popularized a racist "Negro song" genre. Ammen examines this forgotten music, the society it both reflected and entertained, and the ways white and black audiences received Irwin's performances. She also delves into Irwin's hands-on management of her image and career, revealing how Irwin carefully built a public persona as a nurturing housewife whose maternal skills and performing acumen reinforced one another. Irwin's act, soaked in racist song and humor, built a fortune she never relinquished. Yet her career's legacy led to a posthumous obscurity as the nation that once adored her evolved and changed.

The Dramatic Index for ...

The Dramatic Index for ...
Author: Frederick Winthrop Faxon
Publisher:
Total Pages: 358
Release: 1925
Genre: Drama
ISBN:

Issues for 1912-16, 1919- accompanied by an appendix: The Dramatic books and plays (in English) (title varies slightly) This bibliography was incorporated into the main list in 1917-18.

Time

Time
Author: Briton Hadden
Publisher:
Total Pages: 904
Release: 1924
Genre: Current events
ISBN:

Reels for 1973- include Time index, 1973-

Outlook

Outlook
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 656
Release: 1924
Genre:
ISBN: