The New York concert saloon : the devil's own nights

Brooks McNamara

In this book Brooks McNamara explores the world of the concert saloon in New York from the Civil War to the early years of the twentieth century. A concert saloon is defined as an establishment offering various kinds of entertainment, including alcohol, with some also providing gambling and prostitution. All of these saloons employed 'waiter girls' to sell drinks and sit with male customers and all had bad reputations. McNamara focuses on the theatrical aspects of the concert saloon and examines the sources of saloon shows, the changes in direction during the century, the performing spaces and equipment, as well as the employees and patrons. McNamara paints a picture of a lively and theatrically fascinating environment and his work sheds light on our understanding of American popular theatre. The book contain informative illustrations and will be of interest to historians of theatre, popular culture and American social history.

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In this book Brooks McNamara explores the world of the concert saloon in New York from the Civil War to the early years of the twentieth century. A concert saloon is defined as an establishment offering various kinds of entertainment, including alcohol, with some also providing gambling and prostitution. All of these saloons employed 'waiter girls' to sell drinks and sit with male customers and all had bad reputations. McNamara focuses on the theatrical aspects of the concert saloon and examines the sources of saloon shows, the changes in direction during the century, the performing spaces and equipment, as well as the employees and patrons. McNamara paints a picture of a lively and theatrically fascinating environment and his work sheds light on our understanding of American popular theatre. The book contain informative illustrations and will be of interest to historians of theatre, popular culture and American social history.

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[目次]

  • List of illustrations
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • Prologue: sources of the concert saloon and its shows
  • 1. Where the devil's work is done: New York City concert saloons during the Civil War era
  • 2. Changes in direction: the concert saloon after the war
  • 3. Concert-saloon acts
  • 4. Concert saloons: spaces and equipment
  • 5. Employees and patrons of the concert saloon
  • 6. Related forms
  • Epilogue
  • Appendices
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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[目次]

  • List of illustrations
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • Prologue: sources of the concert saloon and its shows
  • 1. Where the devil's work is done: New York City concert saloons during the Civil War era
  • 2. Changes in direction: the concert saloon after the war
  • 3. Concert-saloon acts
  • 4. Concert saloons: spaces and equipment
  • 5. Employees and patrons of the concert saloon
  • 6. Related forms
  • Epilogue
  • Appendices
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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この本の情報

書名 The New York concert saloon : the devil's own nights
著作者等 McNamara, Brooks
シリーズ名 Cambridge studies in American theatre and drama
出版元 Cambridge University Press
刊行年月 2002
ページ数 xxi, 148 p.
大きさ 23-24 cm
ISBN 0521814782
9780521036993
NCID BA58956945
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言語 英語
出版国 イギリス
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