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W. C. Fields from Burlesque and Vaudeville to Broadway: Becoming a Comedian (Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History) - Hardcover
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W. C. Fields was a virtuoso comedian, often called a comic genius, legendary iconoclast, and "Great Man," who brought so much laughter to millions while enduring so much anguish. This book explores his little-known, long stage career from 1898 to 1930, which had a major influence on his comedy and screen presence.
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Arthur Frank Wertheim has written several books on twentieth-century American culture, including Vaudeville Wars, The New York Little Renaissance, and Radio Comedy. He has co-edited three volumes: The Papers of Will Rogers and edited Will Rogers at the Ziegfeld Follies and American Popular Culture. A former American history professor at the University of Southern California, USA, as well as visiting professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, USA, his awards range from a Fulbright grant to teach at the University of Indonesia to a fellowship on biography at The Norman Mailer Center, USA.
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W.C. Fields From Burlesque and Vaudeville to Broadway is an outstanding piece of scholarship. W.C. Fields From Burlesque and Vaudeville to Broadway really is a fantastic resource book for anyone wanting to know more about the man and his times. (Hubert O Hearn, By the Book, bythebookreviews.blogspot.it, December, 2015)"
W.C. Fields From Burlesque and Vaudeville to Broadway is an outstanding piece of scholarship. W.C. Fields From Burlesque and Vaudeville to Broadway really is a fantastic resource book for anyone wanting to know more about the man and his times. (Hubert O Hearn, By the Book, bythebookreviews.blogspot.it, December, 2015)
""W.C. Fields From Burlesque and Vaudeville to Broadway is an outstanding piece of scholarship. ... W.C. Fields From Burlesque and Vaudeville to Broadway really is a fantastic resource book for anyone wanting to know more about the man and his times." (Hubert O'Hearn, By the Book, bythebookreviews.blogspot.it, December, 2015)
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- PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
- Publication date2014
- ISBN 10 1137300663
- ISBN 13 9781137300669
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages289
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