Thomas A. Bogar

Champagne Sparkle

Maggie Mitchell, the First Musical Comedy Star of the American Stage

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Produktbeschreibung

This, the first biography of the first American musical comedy star, Maggie Mitchell (1836-1918), elucidates her explosive talent, her manifold challenges, and her indomitable perseverance in delighting audiences for forty years. As an icon of respectability in a field often condemned by moralists, she left a legacy of unparalleled achievement.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 314
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. August 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 664g
• ISBN-13: 9781538143483
• ISBN-10: 1538143488
• Artikelnr.: 59513093

Autorenporträt

Thomas A. Bogar is a professor at Hood College in Frederick, Maryland, a judge for Washington, D.C.'s Helen Hayes Theatre Awards, and a consultant for the American Council on Education. He has written numerous journal articles and lives in Silver Spring, Maryland.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Chapter 1:
a wild, restless, spritely little thing
Chapter 2:
emphatically the People
s Pet
Chapter 3:
quivering masculine hearts
Chapter 4: Fanchon Chapter 5:
talked about as much as the war
Chapter 6:
she will never be more idolized than she was by the soldiers
Chapter 7:
everything has been deranged
Chapter 8:
Maggie Mitchell stands unrivaled
Chapter 9: California and
Cricket Lodge
Chapter 10:
she does not counterfeit it, but feels it
Chapter 11:
everything she attempts is Fanchon
Chapter 12:
bathed in the fountain of perennial youth
Chapter 13:
she can
t quit the stage
Chapter 14:
completely under his influence
Chapter 15:
dissipated and untrue
Chapter 16:
it is the music of the heart
Acknowledgments