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050 1 4 _aPN2277.N5
_bA78 1990
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_a792.097471
_bATK
100 1 _aAtkinson, Brooks
_d1894-1984
_eauthor
245 _aBroadway /
_cBrooks Atkinson.
250 _aRev. ed., 2nd Limelight ed.
260 _aNew York :
_bLimelight Editions,
_c1990
_c©1974
300 _aix, 564 pages :
_bill. ;
_c24 cm
500 _aReprint. Originally published: Rev. ed. New York : Macmillan, 1974.
500 _aIncludes index.
505 _tPART I: 1900-1918 --
_tEra of Good Feelings --
_tThe Happy World of Stars --
_tPersonal Style in Producing --
_tThe Ready-Made Play --
_tThe Problem of Bernard Shaw --
_tPlay Carpenters --
_tA Scourge of Critics --
_tFor the Family and Its Tired Businessman --
_tDissenters from Mediocrity --
_tThe Royal Family of Actors --
_tTwo Broadway Promenaders --
_tBroadway Wins World War I --
_tPART II: 1918-1939 --
_tBroadway After the War War Over --
_tWe Won't Come Back 'Til the Managers Are Fair --
_tTheatre for Adults --
_tThe Theater Guild --
_tThe Giddy Times --
_tThe Night Watch --
_tThe Big Five --
_tParadox of the Thirties --
_tAll the Sounds on the Stage Are Like Music --
_tWelcome to the Players --
_tPART III: 1939-1950 --
_tWorld War II --
_tWithdrawal Symptoms --
_tNo Profit Allowed --
_tThe Leveling Off --
_tPART IV: 1950-1974 --
_t"There's a Dance in the Old Dame Yet" --
_tThe Broadway Blues --
_tThe Old Viv Caper --
_tInventory --
_tThe Show Goes On.
520 _a"The celebrated critic discourses on the productions, personalities, stars, and showmen of Broadway's lively history from the melodramas of the turn of the century" -- WorldCat
648 7 _a1900-1999
650 0 _aTheater
_zNew York
_xHistory
_y20th century.
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_cBK
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