Variety shows, music hall, cabaret books

This guide to comedy is written in a humorous style, and should appeal to readers interested in the history of stand-up,...  Read More >>

This volume captures the late Reva Howitt Clar's memoirs of her colourful career with the legendary brother and...  Read More >>

An exploration of Newark's role as an entertainment mecca between 1925 and 1950. It is based on interviews with...  Read More >>

Presents an authoritative account of geisha history, sharing the stories of some of Japan's most famous geishas...  Read More >>

A splendid introduction to the world of the European cabaret in the first period of its meteoric rise as a form...  Read More >>

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Under colonial rule, the first concert party practitioners brought their comic variety shows to audiences throughout...  Read More >>

"This third volume of The Papers of Will Rogers documents the evolution of Rogers's vaudeville career as well as...  Read More >>

Chronicles a significant period in American cultural history and race relations, as it glorifies the popularized...  Read More >>

A definitive biography of the man who knocked out heavyweight champion John L. Sullivan, and who also knocked out...  Read More >>

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From 1905 to the crash of 1929, Sam Shubert and his brothers Lee and J.J., despite poor beginnings and near-illiteracy,...  Read More >>

This title is fully illustrated with photographs and drawings, it mentions 300 revues in the text, as well as listing...  Read More >>

"In a ""superbly researched biography of Will Rogers"" (""Los Angeles Times""), ""Yagoda offers an utterly thorough,...  Read More >>

How ethnological show business shaped European and American perceptions of Africa and Africans.  Read More >>

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"Together, they brought the Paris scene to New York, complete with lavish costumes and sets and a chorus of stunningly...  Read More >>

Frank Hatchett draws from his experience teaching, performing and choreographing to present the hottest style of...  Read More >>

"This entertaining and enlightening book depicts the rise of popular culture in America by brilliantly recapturing...  Read More >>

A carnival in the 1950s. It's summer, and after you wander through the midway, you head towards the sideshow area....  Read More >>

This first-ever biography of Foy tells the story of his indigent childhood in New York's Bowery and in Chicago,...  Read More >>

This biography of vaudeville comedian Joe Frisco captures the world of show business in its transition from the...  Read More >>

How gender shaped the turn of the century's live entertainment.  Read More >>

The dual biography of the British comedy double-act and the rise and fall of mass audience television by the biographer...  Read More >>

This collection of five essays documents and explores the development of the Montmartre cabaret from 1875 to 1905....  Read More >>