"It was play or starve" Book

$"It was play or starve", American popular entertainers in the nineteenth century faced physical hardships, prejudices, and cultural barriers. This book examines the fascinating world of these itinerant actors and their experiences with early showboats, frontier theater, minstrels, \$

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"It was play or starve", American popular entertainers in the nineteenth century faced physical hardships, prejudices, and cultural barriers. This book examines the fascinating world of these itinerant actors and their experiences with early showboats, frontier theater, minstrels, \"It was play or starve\"

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"It was play or starve"
Written by author John Hanners
Published by Bowling Green, Ohio : Bowling Green State University Popular Press, c1993., 7/1/1993
American popular entertainers in the nineteenth century faced physical hardships, prejudices, and cultural barriers. This book examines the fascinating world of these itinerant actors and their experiences with early showboats, frontier theater, minstrels

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Preface 1

Pt. 1 Showboats, Minstrels and Panoramas 7

Ch. 1 "It Was Play or Starve": An Early Showboat Entertainer 9

Ch. 2 William Henry Lane, "Master Juba": The Man Who Invented Tap Dance 23

Ch. 3 The "Great Three-Mile" Painting 35

Pt. 2 Child Prodigies, Museums and European Visitors 55

Ch. 4 Infant Phenomena: The Bateman Sisters on Stage 57

Ch. 5 Banvard's Museum and Theatre, Broadway and Thirtieth Streets: A Study in Theatre Failure 69

Ch. 6 Revolt in Milwaukee: The 1891-1892 Pseudo "Meininger" American Tour 83

Pt. 3 Theatre in Small Town America 95

Ch. 7 "Left for Parts Unknown": The Professional Stock Company in Terre Haute, Indiana, 1857-1858 97

Ch. 8 A Stop on the "Proximical" Tour: Edwin Booth in Terre Haute 113

Pt. 4 The Circus 129

Ch. 9 "Larceny in His Soul": The Circus Grifter 131

Notes 147

Works Cited 155

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	Preface	1
Pt. 1	Showboats, Minstrels and Panoramas	7
Ch. 1	"It Was Play or Starve": An Early Showboat Entertainer	9
Ch. 2	William Henry Lane, "Master Juba": The Man Who Invented Tap Dance	23
Ch. 3	The "Great Three-Mile" Painting	35
Pt. 2	Child Prodigies, Museums and European Visitors	55
Ch. 4	Infant Phenomena: The Bateman Sisters on Stage	57
Ch. 5	Banvard's Museum and Theatre, Broadway and Thirtieth Streets: A Study in Theatre Failure	69
Ch. 6	Revolt in Milwaukee: The 1891-1892 Pseudo "Meininger" American Tour	83
Pt. 3	Theatre in Small Town America	95
Ch. 7	"Left for Parts Unknown": The Professional Stock Company in Terre Haute, Indiana, 1857-1858	97
Ch. 8	A Stop on the "Proximical" Tour: Edwin Booth in Terre Haute	113
Pt. 4	The Circus	129
Ch. 9	"Larceny in His Soul": The Circus Grifter	131
	Notes	147
	Works Cited	155