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

By Robert M. Lewis (Editor)
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By Robert M. Lewis (Editor)
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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...

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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