The New York Concert Saloon: The Devil's Own Nights (Cambridge Studies in American Thea...
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The New York Concert Saloon: The Devil's Own Nights (Cambridge Studies in American Theatre and Drama, Series Number 14)
Book Details
- Author
- Brooks McNamara
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- Category
- History & Criticism
- Condition
- New
- ISBN-13
- 9780521036993
- ISBN-10
- 0521036992
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ISBN: 0521036992
Author: McNamara, Brooks
Condition: New
A concert saloon is an establishment offering various kinds of entertainment, including alcohol, with some also providing gambling and prostitution. Brooks McNamara explores the concert saloon in New York from the Civil War to the early years of the twentieth century. He focuses on the theatrical aspects of the concert saloon and examines the sources of saloon shows, changes in direction during the century, performing spaces and equipment, and employees and patrons.
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The New York Concert Saloon: The Devil's Own Nights (Cambridge Studies in American Theatre and Drama, Series Number 14)
