A huge revolution of theatrical commerce : Walter Mocchi and the Italian musical theatre business in South America /

In the first third of the twentieth century, South America became the most important market for many European theatrical companies. When Italy found itself in various theatrical crises, Walter Mocchi created a transoceanic theatrical empire, using his business acumen to craft viable solutions. While...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Paoletti, Matteo (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020.
Series:Cambridge elements. Elements in musical theatre.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Crisis in Italy, opportunity in South America : theatrical economies at the turn of the twentieth century
  • Mocchi in South America : the Sociedad Teatral ĺtalo-Argentina
  • Mocchi in Italy : the early years of the Società Teatrale Internazionale
  • Becoming the "Buffalo Bill of Italian impresarios " : Mocchi and La Teatral
  • Mocchi and World War I : new challenges, new cooperations
  • New initiatives, new controversies : Mocchi in the 1920s and 1930s
  • Epilogue.