The Life of David Belasco
Author : William Winter
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Page : 740 pages
File Size : 25,4 MB
Release : 1918
Category : Dramatists, American
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Author : William Winter
Publisher :
Page : 740 pages
File Size : 25,4 MB
Release : 1918
Category : Dramatists, American
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Author : William WINTER (Poet.)
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Page : pages
File Size : 43,24 MB
Release : 1918
Category : Theater
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Author : William Winter
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Page : pages
File Size : 30,92 MB
Release : 1972-08
Category : Theater
ISBN : 9780405090899
Author : William Winter
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Page : pages
File Size : 15,52 MB
Release : 1970
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Author : William Winter
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Page : pages
File Size : 35,12 MB
Release : 1925
Category : Theater
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Author : Craig Timberlake
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 694 pages
File Size : 30,85 MB
Release : 2018-09-03
Category : History
ISBN : 178912204X
First published in 1954, THE BISHOP OF BROADWAY chronicles the life of David Belasco (1853-1931), an American theatrical producer, impresario, director and playwright who became the first writer to adapt the short story Madame Butterfly for the stage, thereby launching the theatrical career of many actors, including Mary Pickford, Lenore Ulric and Barbara Stanwyck. David Belasco also pioneered many innovative new forms of stage lighting and special effects in order to create realism and naturalism. Owing to his austere, clericlike dress and personal manner, David Belasco came to be known as the “bishop of Broadway.” Born in San Francisco, California, the son of Sephardic Jewish parents who had moved from London, England during the California Gold Rush, Belasco began his illustrious theatre career with a wide variety of jobs in in a San Francisco theatre, and gaining first experience as a stage manager while on the road. This eventually led to a role as stage manager, and he learned the business inside out. A gifted playwright, David Belasco went to New York City in 1882 to work as stage manager for the Madison Square Theatre, and the old Lyceum Theatre while writing plays. By 1895, the “bishop of Broadway” was so successful that he set himself up as an independent producer. During his long creative career, stretching between 1884 and 1930, David Belasco either wrote, directed, or produced more than 100 Broadway plays including Hearts of Oak, The Heart of Maryland, and Du Barry—making him the most powerful personality on the New York city theater scene. Written by fellow Broadway actor, Craig Timberlake, THE BISHOP OF BROADWAY provides an in-depth glimpse into the life and times of this remarkable Broadway figure of the early twentieth century. Beautifully illustrated throughout with black & white photographs.
Author : William Winter
Publisher : Irvington Publishers
Page : 770 pages
File Size : 47,4 MB
Release : 1918
Category : Theater
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Author : William Jefferson Winter
Publisher :
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 10,15 MB
Release : 2020-12-29
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Worldwide literature classic, among top 100 literary novels of all time. A must read for everybody, a book that will keep saying what it has to say for years.
Author : William Winter
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Page : 563 pages
File Size : 18,64 MB
Release : 1970
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Author : William Jefferson Winter
Publisher : Alpha Edition
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 33,63 MB
Release : 2023-02-14
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9789356904392
The Life of David Belasco; Vol. I, has been acknowledged as a major work throughout human history, and we have taken precautions to assure its preservation by republishing this book in a modern manner for both present and future generations. This book has been completely retyped, revised, and reformatted. The text is readable and clear because these books are not created from scanned copies.