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    "The stage's glory" John Rich, 1692-1761 /

    Published 2011
    Table of Contents: “…Hume -- The finances of an eighteenth-century theatre : the Lincoln's Inn Fields Company under John Rich in 1724-1725 / Judith Milhous -- What the prompter saw : the diary of Rich's prompter, John Stede / David Hunter -- John Rich, theatrical regulation, and the dilemma of the commercial stage / Matthew J. Kinservik -- Dance theatre. John Rich, French dancing, and English pantomimes / Moira Goff -- Harlequin choreographies : repetition, difference, and representation / Linda J. …”
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    Buffalo Bill on stage by Sagala, Sandra K.

    Published 2008
    Table of Contents: “…Setting the stage -- Treading the boards -- Wild times with Wild Bill -- Border life onstage -- First scalp for Custer -- Incidents and accidents -- Sir Cody, knight of the plains -- Rescuer of the prairie waif -- Exit stage right -- Finale -- Appendix 1 : character lists and program notes for Buffalo Bill's dramas -- Appendix 2 : Buffalo Bill combination's cities and dates -- Appendix 3 : newspaper sources.…”
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    A lifetime with Shakespeare notes from an American director of all 38 plays / by Barry, Paul, 1931-

    Published 2010
    Subjects: “…Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Stage history 1950-…”
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    The politics of Paul Robeson's Othello by Swindall, Lindsey R., 1977-

    Published 2010
    Subjects: “…Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Stage history.…”
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    Women in the Silent Cinema : Histories of Fame and Fate / by Förster, Annette

    Published 2017
    Table of Contents: “…Intro; Table of Contents; Introduction; PART I -- ADRIÃ#x8B;NNE SOLSER; Adriñnne Solser on the Dutch Popular Stage; Adriñnne Solser and the Dutch Silent Cinema; PART II -- MUSIDORA; Musidora on the French Popular Stage; Musidora and the French Silent Cinema; PART III -- NELL SHIPMAN; Nell Shipman on the American Popular Stage; Nell Shipman and the American Silent Cinema; In Conclusion; Abbreviations; Notes; Career Overviews; Acknowledgements; Illustration Credits; Index.…”
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    Jonathan Edwards a life / by Marsden, George M., 1939-

    Published 2003
    Table of Contents: “…A time to be born -- The overwhelming question -- The Pilgrim's Progress -- The harmony of all knowledge -- Anxieties -- "A low, sunk estate and condition" -- On Solomon Stoddard's stage -- And on a wider stage -- The mighty works of God and of Satan -- The politics of the Kingdom -- "A city set on a hill" -- God "will revive the flame again, even in the darkest times" -- The hands of God and the hand of Christ -- "He that is not with us is against us" -- Heavenly Elysium -- Conservative revolutionary -- A house divided -- A model town no more -- Colonial wars -- Thy will be done -- I am born to be a man of strife -- The crucible -- The mission -- Frontier struggles -- Wartice -- Against an "almost inconceivably pernicious" doctrine -- Original sin "in this happy age of light and liberty" -- Challenging the presumptions of the Age -- The unfinished masterworks -- The transitory and the enduring.…”
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    Swing along the musical life of Will Marion Cook / by Carter, Marva Griffin

    Published 2008
    Table of Contents: “…-- In Dahomey -- The students and the stage -- Removing the minstrel mask -- The Clef Club, darkydom, and World War I -- The Southern Syncopated Orchestra -- A hell of a life -- A composer's legacy -- Postlude: Swing Along.…”
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    Without precedent the life of Susie Marshall Sharp / by Hayes, Anna R.

    Published 2008
    Table of Contents: “…Family -- Formative years -- University of North Carolina School of Law -- False start -- Sharp & Sharp -- Politics and public life -- Appointment to Superior Court -- Judge Sharp, presiding -- Ambition -- Theory and practice -- The road to the Supreme Court -- Taking the veil -- Opinions -- Federal job proposals -- Out of court -- Chief justice election -- Chief justice -- Equal rights amendment -- Stepping off the stage.…”
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    Rival queens actresses, performance, and the eighteenth-century British theater / by Nussbaum, Felicity

    Published 2010
    Table of Contents: “…Introduction: at stage's edge -- The economics of celebrity -- Real, beautiful women: rival queens -- Actresses' memoirs: exceptional virtue -- Actresses and patrons: the theatrical contract -- The actress and performative property: Catherine Clive -- The actress, travesty, and nation: Margaret Woffington -- The actress and material femininity: Frances Abington -- Epilogue: contracted virtue.…”
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    Edwin Rogers Embree the Julius Rosenwald Fund, foundation philanthropy, and American race relations / by Perkins, Alfred, 1936-

    Published 2011
    Table of Contents: “…Frontier outposts, singular village, prestigious university -- Learning philanthropy : from apprentice to master craftsman -- Someone to keep Julius Rosenwald straight -- Southern initiatives, asset collapse, transformation -- Character to cope with disagreement -- Toward "full democracy" -- On the national stage -- Celebrations, proclamations, tributes.…”
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