It's All That Glitters
It's All That Glitters

Author: Brian C. Janes

Publisher: Schiffer Publishing

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780764339981

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"What is burlesque? Who better to ask than burlesque performers themselves? With this question in mind, the author traveled over 14,000 miles across the United States visiting today's burlesque performers, photographing them in their homes, and asking them: "What does burlesque mean to you?" Their answers and 104 accompanying portraits may surprise you. For these performers, burlesque is so many things, including fun and empowerment onstage, an escape from life's doldrums, a fantasy, a career. This book also presents a study in contrasts between the public persona of each performer and that performer's private life."--book jacket.

A Book of Burlesque
A Book of Burlesque

Author: William Davenport Adams

Publisher:

Published: 2016-09-11

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 9781536983371

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A Book of Burlesque by William Davenport Adams.

"No Legs, No Jokes, No Chance"

Author: Sheldon Patinkin

Publisher: Northwestern University Press

Published: 2008-05-20

Total Pages: 601

ISBN-13: 0810119943

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Traces the American musical from its rich beginnings in European opera. This book talks about the infancy of the musical - the revues, operettas, and early musical comedies, as well as the groundbreaking shows like "Oklahoma!" and "Show Boat", with references to how history, literature, fashion, popular music and movies influenced musical theater.

Victorian Theatrical Burlesques
Victorian Theatrical Burlesques

Author: Richard Schoch

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-01-29

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 1317242378

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First published in 2003. Wildly popular in their own day, Victorian burlesques are now little read, scarcely studied, and never performed. Giving long overdue emphasis to an unjustly neglected theatrical tradition, this critical edition - the first to focus on Victorian burlesques of Victorian plays - represents a valuable scholarly tool for students and scholars of modern drama, theatre history, and nineteenth-century popular culture. Victorian Theatrical Burlesques includes a 'state-of-the-art' introduction which provides a general overview of theatrical burlesques in the Victorian era, emphasising performance history. Sustained reference is made to burlesques other than those presented in the anthology. Through its general introduction, prefaces and annotations to individual plays, checklist of burlesque plays, and bibliography, the unique volume allows both specialist and non-specialist readers to see Victorian burlesques as a rich historical record of shifting attitudes toward drama and the theatre.