Theatre in a tent : the development of a provincial entertainment
Auteurs : Slout, William Lawrence (Auteur)
Lieu de publication : Bowling Green, Ohio
Éditeur : Bowling Green University Popular Press
Date de publication : 1972
Langue : Anglais
Description : xi, 153 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Notes : Bibliography : p. 125-140. Comprend un index
Sujets :
Histoire des arts du cirque - États-Unis
Histoire du théâtre - États-Unis
Histoire de l'architecture de cirque
Tente
Chapiteau
Spectacles de médecine - Histoire
Chautauqua
Dépouillement du document :
1- The small town opera house
2- Opera house repertoire companies
3- From opera house to tent
4- Development of the canvas theatre
5- The emergence of tent repertoire
6- The war years
7- Tent show dramas
8- The development of « Toby » as a stock character
9- Tent show operational practices
Résumé :
Repertoire tent shows, which began traveling America in the last half of the 19th century and continued well into the 20th century, brought summer entertainment to thousands of small towns in all part of the country. From 1900 to 1920 tent shows increased in number to form a rather sizeable industry. Development was interwoven with many of the popular amusements of the early century until, carring the traits and the scars of such dversions as the circus, moving pictures, vaudeville, Chautauqua, and touring opera house companies, the repertoire tent show emerges as a distinct form of rural theatrics.
Collection : Bibliothèque de l'École nationale de cirque
Localisation : Bibliothèque
Cote : 725.820 973 S6347t 1972