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The New York Concert Saloon: The Devil's Own Nights

The New York Concert Saloon: The Devil's Own Nights

McNamara, Brooks

Paperback

Series: Cambridge Studies in American Theatre and Drama, Book 14

General ReferenceGeneral DramaTheater History

ISBN10: 0521036992
ISBN13: 9780521036993
Publisher: Cambridge
Published: May 28 2007
Pages: 172
Weight: 0.57
Height: 0.40 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A concert saloon is an establishment offering various kinds of entertainment, including alcohol, with some also providing gambling and prostitution. Brooks McNamara explores the concert saloon in New York from the Civil War to the early years of the twentieth century. He focuses on the theatrical aspects of the concert saloon and examines the sources of saloon shows, changes in direction during the century, performing spaces and equipment, and employees and patrons.

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