Renegades, showmen & angels : a theatrical history of Fort Worth from 1873-2001 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Jones, Jan, 1947-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Fort Worth : TCU Press, [2006]
Subjects:	Theater > Texas > Fort Worth > History > 20th century. Theater > Texas > Fort Worth > History > 19th century. Performing arts > Texas > Fort Worth > History > 20th century. Performing arts > Texas > Fort Worth > History > 19th century.

Table of Contents:

Cowboys and culture: 1870-1880
Variety theater: 1873-1913
From makeshift halls to opera house: 1873-1884
Shakespeare, melodrama, and the Greenwalls: 1884-1900
"The pride and glory of Texas: and pyro-theater: the Spring Palace and the last days of Pompeii
Theater wars: 1900-1910
Vaudeville, Sammies, and the decline of legit: 1911-1920
The rise of celluloid and the decline of live performance: 1920-1935
The show to end all show's: Casa Mañana, 1936-1939
Church-based initiatives and federal giveaways: 1936-1945
The Fort Worth Civic Opera and its predecessors: 1878-2001
An old idea comes full circle-- Casa Mañana reborn: 1958-2001
Voices of change: the emergence of minority theater
Local and university theater
Angels take flight.