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Author Sokalski, J. A. (Joseph Anton), 1962-

Title Pictorial illusionism : the theatre of Steele MacKaye / J.A. Sokalski
Published Montreal [Que.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2007

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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
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 English
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Subject MacKaye, Steele, 1842-1894.
MacKaye, Steele, 1842-1894
Madison Square Theatre (New York, N.Y.) -- History
Madison Square Theatre (New York, N.Y.)
Inventors -- United States -- Biography
Theatrical managers -- United States -- Biography
Dramatists, American -- 19th century -- Biography
Theaters -- Stage-setting and scenery -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Theater -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Theatrical producers and directors -- United States -- Biography
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- General.
PERFORMING ARTS -- Theater -- History & Criticism.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Entertainment & Performing Arts.
Theatrical producers and directors
Dramatists, American
Inventors
Theater
Theaters -- Stage-setting and scenery
Theatrical managers
United States
Genre/Form Electronic books
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
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