Stephen Bourne

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Evelyn Dove

Britain's black cabaret queen

Beschreibung

Evelyn Dove embraced the worlds of jazz, musical theatre and, most importantly, cabaret, in a career spanning the 1920s through to the 1960s. This is a celebration of an extraordinary career, and places Dove in historical context with artists of her time, such as Adelaide Hall, Dame Cleo Laine and Dame Shirley Bassey.

Autor

Stephen Bourne has specialised in black British histories since 1991. He has written over 15 books, including the acclaimed Black in the British Frame, Elisabeth Welch: Soft Lights and Sweet Music and The Motherland Calls: Britain's Black Servicemen and Women 1939-1945. ?Stephen received the 2015 Southwark Arts Forum Award for Literature for Black Poppies: Britain's Black Community and the Great War. In 2017 he was awarded the Screen Nation Special Award and an Honorary degree from Southbank University for over 20 years in his field. ?He is a regular contributor to BBC documentaries and has written for many publications, including The Voice, The Independent, BBC History Magazine and History Today.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jacaranda Books Art Music Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Oktober 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 223mm x 169mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 382g
• ISBN-13: 9781909762350
• ISBN-10: 1909762350
• Artikelnr.: 45357298