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: 24. März 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 512g
• ISBN-13: 9781538183557
• ISBN-10: 1538183552
• Artikelnr.: 67709576

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