Comedian of the Frontier: The Life of Actor/Manager Jack Langrishe, 1825-1895

by Margaret McCutcheon Lauterbach, Charles E. Lauterbach

Overview

In his day, theater actor and manager Jack Langrishe (1825-1895) was about as well known in the West as General Grant was in the East. Langrishe provided entertainment to prospectors, miners and their families in Colorado, Montana, South Dakota and Idaho. He followed the expanding frontier from the old Northwest Territory to Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, and enjoyed his share of luck--he was out of town during the 1871 Chicago Fire, and was traveling through Indian territory at the same time Custer's command was being wiped out a day's ride away.

Best known as a gifted comic actor and producer of fine dramas, Langrishe also edited newspapers, was an Idaho state senator and served as a justice of the peace. Here for the first time is the complete story of the father of theater in the West.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781476624952
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Publication date:	08/26/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	268
File size:	9 MB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Margaret McCutcheon Lauterbach has worked for or edited newspapers in Hollywood, Denver and East Lansing. She writes a weekly gardening column for The Idaho Statesman. She lives in Boise, Idaho. The director of nearly 100 plays, musicals and operas, Charles E. Lauterbach is a retired Boise State University professor of theatre arts and a founding member of the Colorado Shakespeare Festival and the Michigan State Performing Arts Company. He lives in Boise, Idaho.
Margaret McCutcheon Lauterbach has worked for or edited newspapers in Hollywood, Denver and East Lansing. She writes a weekly gardening column for The Idaho Statesman. She lives in Boise, Idaho.
The director of nearly 100 plays, musicals and operas, Charles E. Lauterbach is a retired Boise State University professor of theatre arts and a founding member of the Colorado Shakespeare Festival and the Michigan State Performing Arts Company. He lives in Boise, Idaho.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
 1. New Land, New Life
 2. Moving West: The Old Northwest Territory
 3. A New Theatre Home
 4. Riding High
 5. Profits Shrink
 6. Rootless
 7. Colorado
 8. Gold Circuit
 9. Into Unknown Perils
10. Return to Montana
11. Chicago
12. The Black Crook Venture
13. Battered but Not Beaten
14. Deadwood
15. High in the Rockies
16. Mining, Managing and Acting
17. On the Last Tour
18. End of the Last Tour
19. Another Gold Rush
20. A New Career and Reflections
21. Shattered Peace
22. The Last Act
Epilogue
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index