Cabaret

By Lisa Appignanesi

Book Overview

This captivating book presents a uniquely comprehensive cultural history of cabaret, where the most radical of artists, poets, writers, musicians, and theatre directors have gathered since 1881. Lisa Appignanesi takes us to the original cabaret - the smoke-filled rooms of the Chat Noir in Paris that served as a meeting place for the avant-garde and a laboratory of subversion against the establishment. She then follows the journey of the cabaret across Europe, through its satirical Weimar peak, and to the US and Britain, vividly tracing each development in cabaret history. Bringing that history to the present day, Appignanesi discusses the comedy/satire wave in the UK and US and examines the recent splintering of cabaret into its component parts, from comedy to political song to late night lifestyle.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0394621778
• ISBN13: 9780394621777
• Release Date: January 1984
• Publisher: Grove Pr
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.