The 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...

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