Westgate, J.

Staging the Slums, Slumming the Stage : Class, Poverty, Ethnicity, and Sexuality in American Theatre, 1890-1916. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (286 pages) - Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History Series . - Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History Series .

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents . -- Acknowledgments . -- Introduction: Darnton's Lament . -- Part I Modes of Staging the Slums . -- 1. "Strange Things" from the Bowery: -- 2. "What the Poor of This Great City Must Endure": -- Part II Slumming Destinations on Stage . -- 3. The Courage to See the Sights of the Tenement . -- 4. The Spectacle of Immigrant Neighborhoods . -- 5. Touring the Red Lights District . -- Part III Case Studies in Slum Plays . -- 6. "Nothing More Infernal": -- 7. "Avoiding the Grotesque and Offensive": -- Notes . -- Bibliography . -- Index.

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