About This Book
A collection of theatrical poems, essays and short sketches that observe and satirize stage life, press agents, vaudeville headliners and the mechanics of Broadway spectacle. Contributors offer profiles of managers and stars, reflections on publicity and promotional tactics, and lyrical pieces about the theater's social rhythms and the emerging screen. Scenes shift between backstage domesticities, publicity dilemmas and public performances, blending critical comment, anecdote and poetic description to map the personalities, practices and atmosphere of the theatrical world.
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