Lydia Thompson, Queen of Burlesque

1. Auflage 2002
ISBN: 978-0-415-93766-5
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)

Buch, Englisch, 250 Seiten, Format (B × H): 162 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 540 g

Reihe: Forgotten Stars of the Musical Theatre

This inaugural volume in the Forgotten Stars of the Musical Theatre series sets Lydia Thompson, queen of burlesque, under the spotlight. The series will attempt to resurrect theatre performers and writers who were famous in their era, yet who have since inexplicably faded from popular memory. Outlandish tales of Lydia's touring burlesque company, the British Blondes, and such lurid episodes as her horsewhipping of a Chicago editor, a romance with a Russian Grand Duke and a lesbian attacker have left her with a reputation as a bawdy burlesquer, but Kurt Gänzl argues she was nothing of the kind. Through this biography, the reader will learn the whole and hitherto untold story of this fascinating, multi-dimensional musical-theatre star.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ganzl, Kurt

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikgattungen Musicals

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction Lydia Thompson: Queen of Burlesque; Chapter 1 The Family Album; Chapter 2 Airy Fairy Lydia; Chapter 3 The Big Time; Chapter 4 Back to Britain; Chapter 5 Provinces and Plays; Chapter 6 Oh! That Devilish Man; Chapter 7 Over the Seas to Superstardom; Chapter 8 Niblo’s Nights; Chapter 9 On the Road; Chapter 10 Schemes and Schisms; Chapter 11 All Over Again; Chapter 12 How Do You Follow That…?; Chapter 13 Exit a Husband; Chapter 14 Final Flutterings;

Über Autor(innen)

Kurt Ganzl