{"product_id":"the-golden-age-of-baltimore-theater-a-history-from-shakespeare-to-vaudeville-paperback","title":"The Golden Age of Baltimore Theater: A History from Shakespeare to Vaudeville - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCharlie Mitchell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe story of Charm City on stage.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBaltimore's dynamic theatrical tradition had hard-scrabble beginnings in the eighteenth century. The popularity of the theater only grew, continuing to the vaudeville and burlesque boom of the early 20th century. Discover the sometimes brilliant, sometimes heart-breaking stories of the actors Baltimore clamored to see and the riots that broke out when they hated what they saw. Key figures such as Lewis Hallam, the Peales, Laura Keene, John T. Ford and James Kernan sought to stage their own versions of the world in playhouses that reflected an ever changing American culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLet theatrical historian Charlie Mitchell take you on a fascinating journey through this bygone era.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr. Charlie Mitchell is an associate professor of theater at the University of Florida, where he teaches history and performance. He is a graduate of Boston University and the University of Colorado-Boulder. Charlie has worked as an actor and director for a variety of theaters in New York, Chicago, Gainesville and Baltimore, where he was an artistic associate with the award-winning Chesapeake Shakespeare Company. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eShakespeare and Public Execution\u003c\/em\u003e, co-editor of \u003cem\u003eZora Neale Hurston: Collected Plays\u003c\/em\u003e and a contributor and editor of \u003cem\u003eTheatrical Worlds\u003c\/em\u003e, the first open-source introductory theater textbook. He is also the author of several plays, including \u003cem\u003eThe Snow Queen\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Report\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.17 x 9 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 08, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53469088776499,"sku":"9781467154482","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/s3xxpj-vy.myshopify.com\/products\/the-golden-age-of-baltimore-theater-a-history-from-shakespeare-to-vaudeville-paperback","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}