Rinear, David L.. Stage, page, scandals, and vandals : William E. Burton and nineteenth-century American theatre

Folger bibliographic ID: 245727
Folger call number: PN2598.B8 R56 2004
Folger holdings ID: 312492

General notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-273) and index

Contents

1. England, 1802-1834 -- 2. The making of a star actor and man of letters, 1834-1840 -- 3. Management, enemies, and bankruptcy, 1840-1842 -- 4. On the road, 1842-1844 -- The resumption of management, 1844-1848 -- The beginning of management in New York, 1848-1850 -- The most successful theatre in New York, 1850-1852 -- The decline of Burton's Chambers Street Theatre, 1852-1856 -- 9. Burton's New Theatre, 1856-1858 -- The fading star, 1858-1860 -- Epilogue : performing respectability

Extended title: Stage, page, scandals, and vandals : William E. Burton and nineteenth-century American theatre / David L. Rinear

Burton, William E. 1802-1860 Actors Theatrical managers Chambers Street Theater (New York, N.Y.) Theater

author: Rinear, David L., 1944-
subject: Burton, William E. (William Evans), 1802-1860
subject: Chambers Street Theater (New York, N.Y.)