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Tony Pastor Presents: Afterpieces from the Vaudeville Stage: Contributions in Drama and Theatre Studies

Autor Susan Kattwinkel
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 17 sep 1998
Tony Pastor, a vaudeville performer and manager, was known as the Dean of Vaudeville. He is credited with cleaning up the bawdy variety shows of the mid 1800s, resulting in their appeal to women and the middle classes. He opened his first vaudeville house in 1865 and continued to present shows at a series of New York houses until shortly before his death in 1908. He achieved his greatest hits with parodies of Gilbert and Sullivan operettas, but he also presented parodies, or burlesques, of Shakespearean productions and those of contemporary authors, as well as melodramatic works in the popular style of the day. The plays, or afterpieces, and the function they served for both the audience and the theatre, are examined within the context of the culture and conditions under which the plays were written. Thirteen plays are included, each preceded by a production history. Issues addressed in each play are analyzed, such as prevailing societal attitudes, including those toward class and gender. Discourse on the parodies includes an examination of the original play, detailing the reasons why particular sections were chosen to parody.

This examination of Tony Pastor's scripts will appeal to theatre scholars, especially those interested in vaudeville, since until recently the plays were mostly kept in private collections. Students of American culture, particularly culture at the turn of the century, will find valuable material in the plays as they shed light on the daily life of the lower and middle classes, and subsequently on the issues that concerned them. Since the plays were formerly not widely available, this study, including the texts of the original scripts, provides a valuable resource to scholars as well as to those with a general interest in the theatre and vaudeville.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780313304590
ISBN-10: 0313304599
Pagini: 304
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 27 mm
Greutate: 0.65 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Praeger
Seria Contributions in Drama and Theatre Studies

Locul publicării:New York, United States

Cuprins

The Tony Pastor Collection at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
Introduction
Masaniello; or, Fish Catcher of Naples
The White Crook
The Fawn
Romeo and Juliet; or, the Beautiful Blonde Who Dyed for Love
Macbeth
Yeast Lynne; or, the Humors of Lady Isabel
Go West!; or, the Emigrant Palace Car in an Uproar
The Pie-Rats of Penn-Yann
Mysteries of Gotham
New York Mechanics
Joe Kidd in Fistiana
High Life and Low Life; or, Scenes in New York
The Tenth Ward by Day and Night
Bibliography