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Stage, page, scandals, and vandals : William E. Burton and nineteenth-century American theatre /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rinear, David L., 1944-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2004]
Series:Theater in the Americas.
Subjects:
Burton, William E. > (William Evans), > 1802-1860.
Chambers Street Theater (New York, N.Y.) > History.
Actors > Great Britain > Biography.
Theatrical managers > United States > Biography.
Theater > United States > History > 19th century.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. England, 1802-1834
  • 2. The making of a star actor and man of letters, 1834-1840
  • 3. Management, enemies, and bankruptcy, 1840-1842
  • 4. On the road, 1842-1844
  • The resumption of management, 1844-1848
  • The beginning of management in New York, 1848-1850
  • The most successful theatre in New York, 1850-1852
  • The decline of Burton's Chambers Street Theatre, 1852-1856
  • 9. Burton's New Theatre, 1856-1858
  • The fading star, 1858-1860
  • Epilogue : performing respectability.