Cast of One: One-Person Shows from the Chautauqua Platform to the Broadway Stage
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Cast of One: One-Person Shows from the Chautauqua Platform to the Broadway Stage
Reviews the history of solo performances by actors, poets, readers, comedians, and such, in the US from the late 1800's to the 1980's. Some of the people discussed are Dickens, Poe, Twain, Ruth Draper, Lili Tomlin, and Dylan Thomas. Extensive bibliography.
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