Download or read book Notes written by James Plumptre and published by . This book was released on 1809 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Four Discourses on Subjects Relating to the Amusement of the Stage written by James Plumptre and published by . This book was released on 1809 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Business Man in the Amusement World written by Robert Grau and published by New York : Broadway. This book was released on 1910 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Four Discourses Relating to the Amusement of the Stage written by and published by . This book was released on 1809 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Four Discourses on Subjects Relating to the Amusement of the Stage written by James Plumptre and published by . This book was released on 1809 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Four Discourses on Subjects Relating to the Amusement of the Stage written by James Plumptre (B.D.) and published by . This book was released on 1809 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Absolute Unlawfulness of the Stage Entertainment Illustrated written by William Law and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-12 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Entertainment is a form of activity that holds the attention and interest of an audience or gives pleasure and delight. It can be an idea or a task, but is more likely to be one of the activities or events that have developed over thousands of years specifically for the purpose of keeping an audience's attention.Although people's attention is held by different things because individuals have different preferences, most forms of entertainment are recognisable and familiar. Storytelling, music, drama, dance, and different kinds of performance exist in all cultures, were supported in royal courts, developed into sophisticated forms and over time became available to all citizens. The process has been accelerated in modern times by an entertainment industry that records and sells entertainment products. Entertainment evolves and can be adapted to suit any scale, ranging from an individual who chooses a private entertainment from a now enormous array of pre-recorded products; to a banquet adapted for two; to any size or type of party, with appropriate music and dance; to performances intended for thousands; and even for a global audience.The experience of being entertained has come to be strongly associated with amusement, so that one common understanding of the idea is fun and laughter, although many entertainments have a serious purpose. This may be the case in the various forms of ceremony, celebration, religious festival, or satire for example. Hence, there is the possibility that what appears as entertainment may also be a means of achieving insight or intellectual growth.An important aspect of entertainment is the audience, which turns a private recreation or leisure activity into entertainment. The audience may have a passive role, as in the case of persons watching a play, opera, television show, or film; or the audience role may be active, as in the case of games, where the participant/audience roles may be routinely reversed. Entertainment can be public or private, involving formal, scripted performance, as in the case of theatre or concerts; or unscripted and spontaneous, as in the case of children's games. Most forms of entertainment have persisted over many centuries, evolving due to changes in culture, technology, and fashion for example with stage magic. Films and video games, for example, although they use newer media, continue to tell stories, present drama, and play music. Festivals devoted to music, film, or dance allow audiences to be entertained over a number of consecutive days.Some entertainment, such as public executions, are now illegal in most countries. Activities such as fencing or archery, once used in hunting or war, have become spectator sports. In the same way, other activities, such as cooking, have developed into performances among professionals, staged as global competitions and then broadcast for entertainment. What is entertainment for one group or individual may be regarded as work or an act of cruelty by another.The familiar forms of entertainment have the capacity to cross over different media and have demonstrated a seemingly unlimited potential for creative remix. This has ensured the continuity and longevity of many themes, images, and structures.
Download or read book The Business Man in the Amusement World written by Robert Grau and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-20 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Business Man in the Amusement World: A Volume of Progress in the Field of the Theatre In the previous volume the author was enabled to state that he possessed material sufficient to justify another issue, provided his work was favorably received. The decision to come before his readers again, however, was greatly influenced by the remarkable developments which have come to pass in the last twelve months on the business side of theatredom. A desire to include a number of biographies that were necessarily omitted from the older issue was a minor influence. The reader will note that much space is devoted to a number of young men who represent the rising generation of "Showmen," and the author wishes to justify this procedure by expressing his belief that they will be found in a predominating position, even while the present volume is seeking vogue. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Popular Amusements in Horse and Buggy America written by William Lawrence Slout and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 1995-01-01 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Well-known theatre and circus historian William L. Slout here collects together 29 first-hand accounts of 19th- and early 20th-century popular amusements, including summer resorts, watering places, agricultural fairs, World's Fairs, the circus, vaudeville, theatre, and amusement parks. Complete with index, introduction, and contemporaneous illustrations.
Download or read book Blue Vaudeville written by Andrew L. Erdman and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-08-01 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work reveals the often racy, ribald, and sexually charged nature of the vaudeville stage, looking at a broad array of provocative performers from disrobing dancers to nude posers to skimpily dressed athletes. Examining the ways in which big-time vaudeville nonetheless managed to market itself as pure, safe, and morally acceptable, this work compares the industry's marketing and promotional practices to those of other emergent mass-marketers of the vaudeville era in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Included are in-depth examinations of important figures from the vaudeville stage such as Annette Kellerman and Eva Tanguay. The work attempts to address historical context as one means of understanding these performers with an appreciation for their rebelliousness. It discusses censorship and content control in the vaudeville era, and concludes with an analysis of film's part in the fall of vaudeville. Many photographs, cartoons, and other illustrations are included.
Download or read book The Popular Theatre written by George Jean Nathan and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Shepherd of the Hills written by Harold Bell Wright and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Shepherd of the Hills is the classic story of the stranger who takes the Old Trail deep into the Ozark Mountains, many miles from civilization. His appearance signals intellect and culture, yet his countenance is marked by grief and disappointment. What is his purpose in taking on the lowly work of tending local sheep? And how is it that he befriends these simple hill folk, despite his coming from the world beyond the ridges? Mystery and romance envelop this gentle yet compelling story as the identity and purpose of the stranger-turned-shepherd is gradually unveiled.
Download or read book Our Theatres To day and Yesterday written by Ruth Crosby Dimmick and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book With Amusement for All written by LeRoy Ashby and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2006-05-12 with total page 686 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With Amusement for All is a sweeping interpretative history of American popular culture. Providing deep insights into various individuals, events, and movements, LeRoy Ashby explores the development and influence of popular culture -- from minstrel shows to hip-hop, from the penny press to pulp magazines, from the NBA to NASCAR, and much in between. By placing the evolution of popular amusement in historical context, Ashby illuminates the complex ways in which popular culture both reflects and transforms American society. He demonstrates a recurring pattern in democratic culture by showing how groups and individuals on the cultural and social periphery have profoundly altered the nature of mainstream entertainment. The mainstream has repeatedly co-opted and sanitized marginal trends in a process that continues to shift the limits of acceptability. Ashby describes how social control and notions of public morality often vie with the bold, erotic, and sensational as entrepreneurs finesse the vagaries of the market and shape public appetites. Ashby argues that popular culture is indeed a democratic art, as it entertains the masses, provides opportunities for powerless and disadvantaged individuals to succeed, and responds to changing public hopes, fears, and desires. However, it has also served to reinforce prejudices, leading to discrimination and violence. Accordingly, the study of popular culture reveals the often dubious contours of the American dream. With Amusement for All never loses sight of pop culture's primary goal: the buying and selling of fun. Ironically, although popular culture has drawn an enormous variety of amusements from grassroots origins, the biggest winners are most often sprawling corporations with little connection to a movement's original innovators.
Download or read book Variety Entertainment and Outdoor Amusements written by Don B. Wilmeth and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 1982-06-30 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a useful reference work for popular culture and performing arts collections. Choice
Download or read book 2 5 Minute Ride written by Lisa Kron and published by Soft Skull Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two solo pieces by the award-winning American performer, and founder member of the Five Lesbian Brothers troupe. 2.5 Minute Ride 'One of the most tender and discerning family tragicomedies in recent memory' Newsday 'Even in the shadow of a long-ago horror, Kron finds moments of wry humour' Time Out New York 101 Humiliating Stories 'Kron is beautifully self-effacing, recalling her childhood with relish, whether getting her hair enmeshed in a fan on a school bus, or becoming so besotted with the writings of Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House on the Prairie that she persuades her mother to let her go to school wearing calico and a sunhat' New York Post
Download or read book The Billboard written by and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 942 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
