Bibliograph

No applause, just throw money, or, The book that made vaudeville famous, a high-class, refined entertainment, by Trav S.D

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No applause, just throw money, or, The book that made vaudeville famous, a high-class, refined entertainment, by Trav S.D

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-306) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

No applause, just throw money, or, The book that made vaudeville famous

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

58975745

Responsibility statement

by Trav S.D

Sub title

a high-class, refined entertainment

Summary

Writer and modern-day vaudevillian Trav S.D. explores the many ways in which vaudeville's story is the story of show business in America. In documenting the rich history and cultural legacy of our country's only purely indigenous theatrical form, he demonstrates that vaudeville was a showcase for the best and worst America had to offer-a platform for diversity, tolerance, and democracy, darkly tempered by the cash-is-king ethos of market capitalism

Table Of Contents

The overture -- Who put the "devil" in vaudeville? -- Good, clean fun -- Birth of an industry -- Tooth and nail -- The palace years -- Troupers -- The march of progress -- The phoenix in foolscap -- The chaser

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Book that made vaudeville famous

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