There's still time! Find the perfect Father's Day gift with store pickup | Shop NowThere's still time! Find the perfect Father's Day gift with store pickup | Shop Now
Add Item to wish listAdd Item to wish list

From Traveling Show to Vaudeville: Theatrical Spectacle in America, 1830-1910

By Robert M. Lewis (Editor)
Paperback
$42.95
By Robert M. Lewis (Editor)
Promotion message icon
Premium Members save an extra 10% and all Members collect stamps to save with Rewards. 10 stamps = $5.Learn More
Formats
See All Formats & Editions
In stock
This item is currently out of stock online.
Free standard shipping on orders over $60
Select a store to view item availability.
Before phonographs and moving pictures, live performances dominated American popular entertainment. Carnivals, circuses, dioramas, magicians, mechanical marvels, musicians, and theatrical troupes—all visited rural fairgrounds, small—town opera houses, and big—city palaces around the country, giving millions of people an escape from their everyday lives for a dime or a quarter. In From Traveling Show to Vaudeville, Robert M. Lewis has assembled a remarkable collection of nineteenth— and earl...

Categories

HistoryMusic, Film & Performing ArtsUnited States HistoryPerforming Arts19th Century United States History - General & Miscellaneous20th Century United States History - General & Miscellaneous19th Century American History - General and Miscellaneous20th Century American History - General & MiscellaneousGeneral & Miscellaneous Performing Arts