Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 315 pages) : illustrations, facsimiles, maps, portraits |
Contents |
Contents -- Contents -- Figures -- Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Introduction -- Artistic Foundations -- Artistic Foundations -- The Madison Square Theatre Conceiving an American Theatre Francais -- The Madison Square Theatre Conceiving an American Theatre Francais -- Innovations and Inventions at the Madison Square Theatre -- Innovations and Inventions at the Madison Square Theatre -- The Management of the Madison Square Theatre -- The Management of the Madison Square Theatre |
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Civil War Cycloramic Oratory and The Drama of CivilizationCivil War Cycloramic Oratory and The Drama of Civilization -- The Spectatorium and The Great Discovery -- The Spectatorium and The Great Discovery -- Epilogue: Perfecting Pictorial Illusionism -- Epilogue: Perfecting Pictorial Illusionism -- Notes -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Bibliography -- Index -- Index |
Summary |
Drawing together a wealth of primary sources, J.A. Sokalski examines the aims, inventions, and methods of the pictorial style that defined MacKaye's art. Sokalski shows how MacKaye's famous Madison Square Theatre, which featured a double stage reminiscent of an elevator, created whirling pictorial illusions for fashionable New York. He argues that MacKaye's infamous failure, the colossal Spectatorium theatre for the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, was the most complete realization of this illusionary aesthetic. Sokalski also explores MacKaye's influence on Buffalo Bill Cody and how civil war cycloramas expanded his concept of pictorial space |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-308) and index |
Notes |
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Print version record |
Subject |
MacKaye, Steele, 1842-1894.
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MacKaye, Steele, 1842-1894 |
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Madison Square Theatre (New York, N.Y.) -- History
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Madison Square Theatre (New York, N.Y.) |
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Inventors -- United States -- Biography
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Theatrical managers -- United States -- Biography
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Dramatists, American -- 19th century -- Biography
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Theaters -- Stage-setting and scenery -- United States -- History -- 19th century
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Theater -- United States -- History -- 19th century
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Theatrical producers and directors -- United States -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- General.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Theater -- History & Criticism.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Entertainment & Performing Arts.
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Theatrical producers and directors
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Dramatists, American
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Inventors
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Theater
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Theaters -- Stage-setting and scenery
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Theatrical managers
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United States
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Biographies
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History
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780773560291 |
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0773560297 |
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1282850245 |
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9781282850248 |
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9786612850240 |
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6612850248 |
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0773578080 |
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9780773578081 |
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