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The Merry Partners: The Age and Stage of Harrigan & Hart

E.J. Kahn Jr.

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Description:In the late 1800s, the idols of vaudeville and the theatre were Edward (Ned) Harrigan and Tony Hart. A native of New York, Harrigan was a prolific writer, actor, singer, director, producer and entrepreneur - the head of a theatre company descibed as "the jolliest lot of local trash that ever held the boards."Hart, a product of reform schools of Worcester, Mass., became Harrigan's partner and played both masculine and feminine roles; he "caused more joy and sunshine by his delightful gifts than any artist of his time."These, then, are the "merry partners" of Mr. Kahn's witty and nostalgic excursion into the Broadway of yesteryear. They flourished as an enormously successful team from 1871 through 1885, amidst scenes of tumult, consternation and rowdyism that the theatre has not seen before and may never see again.Theirs was the gaudy era of pseudo-military target companies and spirited Sunday picnics, of violent political satire and appreciative newsboys in the balcony, of Harrigan's fictional "mulligan's Alley" and the glamorous new Theatre Comique. It was a time of high living, and the devil[may-care antics of Harrigan and Hart - recounted in full for the first time in this sparkling book - will revive many happy memories of an almost-forgotten way of life.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Merry Partners: The Age and Stage of Harrigan & Hart. To get started finding The Merry Partners: The Age and Stage of Harrigan & Hart, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 302

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Release: 1955

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Description: In the late 1800s, the idols of vaudeville and the theatre were Edward (Ned) Harrigan and Tony Hart. A native of New York, Harrigan was a prolific writer, actor, singer, director, producer and entrepreneur - the head of a theatre company descibed as "the jolliest lot of local trash that ever held the boards."Hart, a product of reform schools of Worcester, Mass., became Harrigan's partner and played both masculine and feminine roles; he "caused more joy and sunshine by his delightful gifts than any artist of his time."These, then, are the "merry partners" of Mr. Kahn's witty and nostalgic excursion into the Broadway of yesteryear. They flourished as an enormously successful team from 1871 through 1885, amidst scenes of tumult, consternation and rowdyism that the theatre has not seen before and may never see again.Theirs was the gaudy era of pseudo-military target companies and spirited Sunday picnics, of violent political satire and appreciative newsboys in the balcony, of Harrigan's fictional "mulligan's Alley" and the glamorous new Theatre Comique. It was a time of high living, and the devil[may-care antics of Harrigan and Hart - recounted in full for the first time in this sparkling book - will revive many happy memories of an almost-forgotten way of life.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Merry Partners: The Age and Stage of Harrigan & Hart. To get started finding The Merry Partners: The Age and Stage of Harrigan & Hart, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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