The Enchanted Years of the Stage: Kansas City at the Crossroads of American Theater, 1870-1930

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University of Missouri Press, 2007 - 327 страница
"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.

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Introduction
1
Frontier Town Amusements
13
Chapter 1Colonel and Mrs Coates Bring Culture to Cow Town
32
Chapter 2When the Stars Shone on Kansas City
63
Chapter 3Expositions Priests of PallasVariety Saloons and Tarnished Legitimacy
107
Chapter 4The Idealist Who Refought the Civil War and the Stock Company Revival
153
Chapter 5Our Mr Judah Beloved Coast to Coast
190
Chapter 6Bigtime Vaudeville and Burlesque
222
Chapter 7Glamours Last Gasp
254
AppendixThe Big Hat
291
Topics Covered in Austin Latchaws The Enchanted Years of the Stage
296
Notes
301
Bibliography
305
Index
319
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Страница 5 - In deference to the expressed wishes of many of the regular patrons of the Coates Opera House, including both men and women, the management respectfully asks that ladies remove their hats during performances in this theater.This request is not made in the spirit of a ruling, but as a favor, which, if granted, will bring equal benefits to all.
Страница 43 - It has always been, and still is, customary in the United States for a particular portion of every theatre to be set apart for people of color; the Opera House in this city is no exception to the rule.

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