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The Lambs Theatre Club

Lewis J. Hardee Jr.

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Description:From its origins in 1874, The Lambs by 1925 had become the most famous theatrical club in the world?the stuff of fable. The roster of its 6,000 members over the years includes Irving Berlin, W.C. Fields, John Barrymore and Will Rogers. Drawn extensively from The Lambs? official archives, and including many anecdotes from oral histories, this is the definitive history of the venerable club. It traces The Lambs? roots in London and its initial development in America, dominated by English and later Irish actors. The work then covers The Lambs? famous touring ?Gambols? in the first decades of the 20th century; rivals like The Players and The Friars; patriotic efforts during World War I and World War II; the Red Scare in 1919; Prohibition and the club's high water mark in the 1920s; devastation during the Great Depression; continued decline toward bankruptcy in 1975; and relocation and resurgence today. The book includes numerous rare photographs, bibliography and four appendices.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 Lambs Theatre Club. To get started finding The Lambs Theatre Club, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: From its origins in 1874, The Lambs by 1925 had become the most famous theatrical club in the world?the stuff of fable. The roster of its 6,000 members over the years includes Irving Berlin, W.C. Fields, John Barrymore and Will Rogers. Drawn extensively from The Lambs? official archives, and including many anecdotes from oral histories, this is the definitive history of the venerable club. It traces The Lambs? roots in London and its initial development in America, dominated by English and later Irish actors. The work then covers The Lambs? famous touring ?Gambols? in the first decades of the 20th century; rivals like The Players and The Friars; patriotic efforts during World War I and World War II; the Red Scare in 1919; Prohibition and the club's high water mark in the 1920s; devastation during the Great Depression; continued decline toward bankruptcy in 1975; and relocation and resurgence today. The book includes numerous rare photographs, bibliography and four appendices.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 Lambs Theatre Club. To get started finding The Lambs Theatre Club, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

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