Tent Show: Arthur Names and His "famous" Players

Throughout the 19th and into the 20th century, the traveling tent show was a popular form of melodrama and variety entertainment. This text captures the glamour the shows held for audiences and the hard work and financial jeopardy faced by their performers.

About the author

DONALD W. WHISENHUNT is a professor of history at Western Washington University in Bellingham, Washington. He is also the author of The Depression in Texas: The Hoover Years and Poetry of the People: Poems to the President, 1929-1945.

Summary

Throughout the 19th and into the 20th century, the traveling tent show was a popular form of melodrama and variety entertainment. This text captures the glamour the shows held for audiences and the hard work and financial jeopardy faced by their performers.

Product details

• Authors: Donald W. Whisenhunt (Professor of History USA), Donald W. Whisenhunt, Donald W. (Professor of History Whisenhunt
• Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.2000
• EAN: 9780890969540
• ISBN: 978-0-89096-954-0
• No. of pages: 194
• Dimensions: 164 mm x 243 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 531 g
• Series: West Texas A&m University; West Texas A & M University; West Texas A&m University; West Texas A & M University
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet