Variety shows, music hall, cabaret books

258 books were found.

Murray's Cabaret Club: Discovering Soho's Secret

Murray's Cabaret Club: Discovering Soho's Secret

Author: Benjamin Levy ,  Dita Von Teese
ISBN: 9780750991322
Format: Hardback
$65.00

Step below the pavements of Soho’s Beak Street, and discover the untold tale of the exotic – and scandalous – Murray’s...  Read More >>

Insecurity: Perils and Products of Theatres of the Real

Insecurity: Perils and Products of Theatres of the Real...

Author: Jenn Stephenson
ISBN: 9781487501853
Format: Hardback
$135.00

Insecurity: Perils and Products of Theatres of the Real begins with the premise that although the inclusion of real...  Read More >>

The Showgirl Costume: An Illustrated History

The Showgirl Costume: An Illustrated History

Author: Jane Merrill
ISBN: 9781476671741
Format: Paperback
$105.47

A couture of the risque evolved on a bridge of fashion from Paris nightclubs to Las Vegas casinos. A one-time writer...  Read More >>

Seventy Years a Showman: New Edition

Seventy Years a Showman: New Edition

Author: 'Lord' George Sanger ,  Matthew Crampton
ISBN: 9780956136145
Format: Paperback
$28.44

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Ken Dodd: The Biography

Ken Dodd: The Biography

Author: Stephen Griffin
ISBN: 9781789290080
Format: Paperback
$23.26

For more than sixty years Ken Dodd discomknockerated audiences in packed venues across Britain with his unique blend...  Read More >>

Mr Showbiz: The Biography of Robert Stigwood

Mr Showbiz: The Biography of Robert Stigwood

Author: Stephen Dando-Collins
ISBN: 9781925324747
Format: Paperback
$35.00

Australian entrepreneur, Robert Stigwood was the first media mogul in Britain to be dubbed 'Mr Showbiz . After an...  Read More >>

Abdur Rahim Khan-i-Khanan: Celebrating Rahim

Abdur Rahim Khan-i-Khanan: Celebrating Rahim

Author: Shakeel Hossain ,  Deeti Ray
ISBN: 9789385360275
Format: Mixed media product
$90.00

Abdur Rahim Khan-i- Khanan (1556-1627) was referred to in Mughal records as the `noble of nobles', and was praised...  Read More >>

Bruce: The Autobiography

Bruce: The Autobiography

Author: Bruce Forsyth
ISBN: 9781509854578
Format: Paperback
$41.37

The heartwarming, hilarious story of the legendary entertainer  Read More >>

The League of Exotic Dancers: Legends from American Burlesque

The League of Exotic Dancers: Legends from American...

Author: Kaitlyn Regehr ,  Matilda Temperley
ISBN: 9780190457563
Format: Hardback
$75.95

"The League of Exotic Dancers (LED) are a group of mid-twentieth century burlesque dancers who continue to perform...  Read More >>

A Chupar del Bote

A Chupar del Bote

Author: Ximo Berenguer
ISBN: 9788417047023
Format: Hardback
$105.47

The book A chupar del bote –whose title, a phrase that translates roughly as “living off the public teat,” comes...  Read More >>

Minstrel Magic: George Mitchell - A Lovely Man

Minstrel Magic: George Mitchell - A Lovely Man

Author: Eleanor Pritchard
ISBN: 9780995649545
Format: Paperback
$33.61

George Mitchell was a shy man, yet created the phenomenon of the Black and White Minstrels, now seen as racist and...  Read More >>

May Irwin: Singing, Shouting, and the Shadow of Minstrelsy

May Irwin: Singing, Shouting, and the Shadow of Minstrelsy...

Author: Sharon Ammen
ISBN: 9780252082153
Format: Paperback
$54.99

"May Irwin reigned as America's queen of comedy and song from the 1880s through the 1920s. A genuine pop culture...  Read More >>

May Irwin: Singing, Shouting, and the Shadow of Minstrelsy

May Irwin: Singing, Shouting, and the Shadow of Minstrelsy...

Author: Sharon Ammen
ISBN: 9780252040658
Format: Hardback
$239.00

"May Irwin reigned as America's queen of comedy and song from the 1880s through the 1920s. A genuine pop culture...  Read More >>

The Britannia Panopticon Music Hall and Cosmopolitan Entertainment Culture

The Britannia Panopticon Music Hall and Cosmopolitan...

Author: Paul Maloney
ISBN: 9781137479099
Format: Hardback
$226.95

Focusing on Glasgow’s earliest surviving music hall, the Britannia, later the Panopticon, this book explores the...  Read More >>

Mr Pussy: Before I Forget to Remember

Mr Pussy: Before I Forget to Remember

Author: Alan Amsby ,  David Kenny
ISBN: 9781848405677
Format: Paperback
$33.61

Full of hilarious celebrity yarns, sequinned characters like the remarkable Stella Minge, and a lot of shameless...  Read More >>

Sorrow of the Earth: Buffalo Bill, Sitting Bull and the Tragedy of Show Business

Sorrow of the Earth: Buffalo Bill, Sitting Bull and...

Author: Eric Vuillard ,  Ann Jefferson
ISBN: 9781782272212
Format: Hardback
$52.67

Fascinating, brilliant and angry: the tale of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show and the tragic fate of its Native American...  Read More >>

Paris Nights: My Year at the Moulin Rouge

Paris Nights: My Year at the Moulin Rouge

Author: Cliff Simon
ISBN: 9781943848928
Format: Paperback
$46.55

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Why Drag?

Why Drag?

Author: Magnus Hastings ,  Boy George
ISBN: 9781452148977
Format: Hardback
$115.00

Featuring the likes of Bianca Del Rio and Courtney Act, this collection is a bold, bright, and beautiful celebration...  Read More >>

Tappin' at the Apollo: A Career History of the African American Female Tap Dance Duo Salt and Pepper

Tappin' at the Apollo: A Career History of the African...

Author: Cheryl M. Willis
ISBN: 9781476662701
Format: Paperback
$105.47

In the 1920s and 1930s, Edwyna “Salt” Evelyn and Jewel “Pepper” Welch learned to tap dance on street corners in...  Read More >>

The Builders Association: Performance and Media in Contemporary Theater

The Builders Association: Performance and Media in Contemporary...

Author: Shannon Jackson (Professor, University of California, Berkeley) ,  Marianne Weems (Artistic Director / Curator, The Builders Association)
ISBN: 9780262029292
Format: Hardback
$89.99

A lavishly illustrated history and critical appraisal of The Builders Association, an award-winning intermedia performance...  Read More >>

Irish Stereotypes in Vaudeville, 1865-1905

Irish Stereotypes in Vaudeville, 1865-1905

Author: Jennifer Mooney
ISBN: 9781137482648
Format: Hardback
$249.95

Vaudeville is often viewed as the source of some of the crude stereotypes that positioned the Irish immigrant in...  Read More >>

Goddess Of Love Incarnate: The Life of Stripteuse Lili St. Cyr.

Goddess Of Love Incarnate: The Life of Stripteuse Lili...

Author: Leslie Zemeckis
ISBN: 9781619025684
Format: Hardback
$49.99

"Lili St. Cyr was, in the words of legendary reporter Mike Wallace, the ""highest paid stripteaser in America.""...  Read More >>

Drag Queens at the 801 Cabaret

Drag Queens at the 801 Cabaret

Author: Leila J. Rupp ,  Verta Taylor
ISBN: 9780226326566
Format: Paperback
$32.95

Providing a backstaatge pass into the lives of the 801 cabaret girls, this work is based on many interviews with...  Read More >>

The Cherokee Kid: Will Rogers, Tribal Identity, and the Making of an American Icon

The Cherokee Kid: Will Rogers, Tribal Identity, and...

Author: Amy M. Ware
ISBN: 9780700621002
Format: Hardback
$105.47

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Dear Green Sounds - Glasgow's Music Through Time and Buildings: The Apollo, Glasgow Pavilion, Mono, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, King Tut's Wah Wah Hut and More

Dear Green Sounds - Glasgow's Music Through Time and...

Author: Kate Molleson ,  Ewan McVicar
ISBN: 9781849341936
Format: Hardback
$38.81

Glasgow is famous for its music and the venues that have hosted bands, stars and talent. 'Dear Green Sounds' tells...  Read More >>

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