Renegades, showmen, and angels
Subtitle: a theatrical history of Fort Worth from 1870-2001
By: by Jan L. Jones.
Publisher: TCU Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Fort Worth
Language: eng
Number of pages: 368
Subjects: Theater -- Texas -- Fort Worth -- History -- 20th century.; Theater -- Texas -- Fort Worth -- History -- 19th century.; Performing arts -- Texas -- Fort Worth -- History -- 20th century.; Performing arts -- Texas -- Fort Worth -- History -- 19th century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Cowboys and culture: 1870-1880; title: Variety theater: 1873-1913; title: From makeshift halls to opera house: 1873-1884; title: Shakespeare, melodrama, and the Greenwalls: 1884-1900; title: "The pride and glory of Texas: and pyro-theater: the Spring Palace and the last days of Pompeii; title: Theater wars: 1900-1910; title: Vaudeville, Sammies, and the decline of legit: 1911-1920; title: The rise of celluloid and the decline of live performance: 1920-1935; title: The show to end all show's: Casa Mañana, 1936-1939; title: Church-based initiatives and federal giveaways: 1936-1945; title: The Fort Worth Civic Opera and its predecessors: 1878-2001; title: An old idea comes full circle; title: Casa Mañana reborn: 1958-2001; title: Voices of change: the emergence of minority theater; title: Local and university theater; title: Angels take flight.