W. C. Fields from Burlesque and Vaudeville to Broadway

Becoming a Comedian

A. Wertheim (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

264 Seiten

2014
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-137-30066-9 (ISBN)

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W. C. Fields was a virtuoso comedian, often called a comic genius, legendary iconoclast, and "Great Man," who brought so much laughter to millions while enduring so much anguish. This book explores his little-known, long stage career from 1898 to 1930, which had a major influence on his comedy and screen presence.

Arthur Frank Wertheim has written several books on twentieth-century American culture, including Vaudeville Wars, The New York Little Renaissance, and Radio Comedy. He has co-edited three volumes: The Papers of Will Rogers and edited Will Rogers at the Ziegfeld Follies and American Popular Culture. A former American history professor at the University of Southern California, USA, as well as visiting professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, USA, his awards range from a Fulbright grant to teach at the University of Indonesia to a fellowship on biography at The Norman Mailer Center, USA.

Prologue: It's the Old Army Game Introduction PART I: THE FLEDGLING YEARS 1. Meet the Dukenfields 2. Life with Father PART II: THE TRAINING GROUND 3. The Tramp Juggler 4. Initiation Rites 5. The Sly Conjurer 6. The Big Time PART III: "ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE" 7. "A Master Pantomimist" 8. "My Art Never Satisfies Me" 9. To the Antipodes 10. The Trouper on the Flying Trapeze 11. The Ham Tree PART IV: "WHAT THEREFORE GOD HATH JOINED TOGETHER, LET NOT MAN PUT ASUNDER" 12. The Breakup 13. The Affair PART V: THE LABYRINTH TO THE ZIEGFELD FOLLIES 14. The Road to the Palace 15. The Second Home 16. "They Had Me Sweating Blood" 17. Backstabbed Epilogue: The Defining Moment

Erscheint lt. Verlag	17.12.2014
Reihe/Serie	Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History
Zusatzinfo	XXV, 264 p.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Tanzen / Tanzsport
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
	Naturwissenschaften
ISBN-10	1-137-30066-3 / 1137300663
ISBN-13	978-1-137-30066-9 / 9781137300669
Zustand	Neuware