Nineteenth-Century American Women Theatre Managers

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
The Pioneers: Early Nineteenth-Century Women Theatre Managers in the United States
Women Theatre Managers of the California Gold Rush
Laura Keene: First-Class Theatre Manager in New York City
Mrs. John Drew and Other Women Theatre Managers in Philadelphia
After Keene: More Women Theatre Managers in New York City and Brooklyn
Beyond the Theatrical Centers: Later Nineteenth-Century Women Theatre Managers throughout the United States
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

About the author

JANE KATHLEEN CURRY is Assistant Professor of Theater at Wake Forest University. Her books include Nineteenth-Century American Women Theater Managers (Greenwood, 1994).

Product details

• Authors: Jane Curry
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.07.1994
• EAN: 9780313291418
• ISBN: 978-0-313-29141-8
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; USA, Popular Culture, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women, Theatre Management, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Women, PERFORMING ARTS / Business Aspects, PERFORMING ARTS / Acting & Auditioning, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Biography: arts & entertainment, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Biography: arts and entertainment