Transatlantic Stage Stars in Vaudeville and Variety: Celebrity Turns (Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History)

By Leigh Woods

This book shows eminent actors performing under stringent conditions in vaudeville. It was a strange notion in 1900 that leading lights of the legitimate stage would ever join a bill of 'turns', with everything from song-and-dance to criminals regaling crowds with their exploits. It chronicles renowned actors showing rough fare in rough times.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1403975361
• ISBN13: 9781403975362
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 307 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.4"