Comedian of the frontier
Subtitle: the life of actor/manager Jack Langrishe, 1825-1895
By: Margaret McCutcheon Lauterbach and Charles E. Lauterbach
Contributors: Lauterbach, Charles E., author
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781476664095
Subjects: Theatrical managers; Actors; Biography
Description: "In his day, theater actor and manager Jack Langrishe could claim to be as well known in the American frontier West as General Grant was in the East. The complete story of Jack Langrishe, a major figure of the American frontier who made and lost fortunes and became recognized as the father of theater in the West"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Cover; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments ; Preface ; Introduction ; 1. New Land, New Life ; 2. Moving West: The Old Northwest Territory ; 3. A New Theatre Home ; 4. Riding High ; 5. Profits Shrink ; 6. Rootless ; 7. Colorado ; 8. Gold Circuit ; 9. Into Unknown Perils; title: 10. Return to Montana 11. Chicago ; 12. The Black Crook Venture ; 13. Battered but Not Beaten ; 14. Deadwood ; 15. High in the Rockies ; 16. Mining, Managing and Acting ; 17. On the Last Tour ; 18. End of the Last Tour ; 19. Another Gold Rush ; 20. A New Career and Reflections; title: 21. Shattered Peace 22. The Last Act ; Epilogue ; Chapter Notes ; Bibliography ; Index