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Author Londré, Felicia Hardison, 1941-

Title The enchanted years of the stage : Kansas City at the crossroads of American theater, 1870-1930 / Felicia Hardison Londré
Published Columbia : University of Missouri Press, ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 327 pages) : illustrations
Contents Prologue: Frontier town amusements. Colonel and Mrs. Coates bring culture to cow town -- When the stars shone on Kansas City -- Expositions, priests of Pallas, variety saloons, and tarnished legitimacy -- The idealist who refought the Civil War and the stock company revival -- Our Mr. Judah, beloved coast to coast -- Big-time vaudeville and burlesque -- Glamour's last gasp -- Appendix: The big hat -- Topics covered in Austin Latchaw's "The enchanted years of the stage."
Summary "Drawing on the recollections of renowned theater critic David Austin Latchaw and on newspaper archives of the era, Londre chronicles the "first golden age" of Kansas City theater, from the opening of the Coates Opera House in 1870 through the gradual decline of touring productions after World War I"--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-317) and index
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Subject Theater -- Missouri -- Kansas City -- History -- 19th century
Theater -- Missouri -- Kansas City -- History -- 20th century
PERFORMING ARTS -- Theater -- History & Criticism.
Theater.
Missouri -- Kansas City.
Genre/Form History.
Form Electronic book
Author Latchaw, David Austin, -1948.
LC no. 2006028923
ISBN 9780826265852
0826265855