Before the footlights and behind the scenes : a book about "the show business" in all its branches : from puppet shows to grand opera, from mountebanks to menageries, from learned pigs to lecturers, from burlesque blondes to actors and actresses : with some observations and reflections (original and reflected) on morality and immorality in amusements : thus exhibiting the "show world" as seen from within, through the eyes of the former actress, as well as from without, through the eyes of the present lecturer and author / by Olive Logan.
Uniform Title: | Victorian popular culture. Circuses, sideshows and freaks.
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Main Author: | Logan, Olive, 1839-1909 |
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National Fairground Archive (Great Britain) Adam Matthew Digital (Firm) |
Language: | English |
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Philadelphia, Pa. :
Parmelee & Co.,
1870.
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Series: | Victorian popular culture. Circuses, sideshows and freaks.
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Physical Description: | 612 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm |
Format: | Electronic eBook |