'Elsslermania' in New Orleans
| Autor: | Paul S. Hostetler |
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| Rok vydání: | 1969 |
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| Zdroj: | Theatre Survey. 10:121-135 |
| ISSN: | 1475-4533 0040-5574 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/s0040557400007468 |
| Popis: | The American theatre patron of the 1840's knew what he liked in entertainment, and he expressed himself vigorously on the subject. His tastes were highly eclectic. Melodrama and romantic spectacle were his dramatic staples at a theatrical buffet which also included phrenologists, magicians, ventriloquists, jugglers, automatons, and a whole range of human physical oddities from Siamese twins to Belgian giants, not the least of which was one Hervio Nanno who, although handicapped by withered legs, boasted hands and arms of such strength that, dressed as a green fly, he literally could climb all over the theatre and auditorium. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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