W. C. Fields from burlesque and vaudeville to Broadway :becoming a comedian
- 作者: Wertheim, Arthur Frank,
- 出版:
- 版本: First edition.
- 稽核項: xxv, 264 pages :illustrations ;23 cm.
- 叢書名: Palgrave studies in theatre and performance history
- 標題: Vaudeville United States -- Biography. , Burlesque (Theater) , Theater , Fields, W. C. , Entertainers , Burlesque (Theater) United States -- Biography. , Vaudeville , Comedians , Theater New York (State) -- New York -- Biography. , Comedians United States -- Biography. , Fields, W. C. (William Claude), 1880-1946. , Entertainers United States -- Biography.
- ISBN: 1137300663 , 9781137300669
- 附註: 103年科技部補助人文及社會科學研究圖書設備計畫規劃主題:藝術學:全球化與劇場跨界. Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-249) and index. Introduction -- The fledgling years. Meet the Dukenfields -- Life with father -- The training ground. The tramp juggler -- Initiation rites -- The sly conjurer -- The big time -- "All the world's a stage". A master pantomimist -- My art never satisfies me -- To the antipodes -- The trouper on the flying trapeze -- The ham tree -- What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. -- The breakup -- The affair -- The labyrinth to the Ziegfeld Follies. The road to the Palace -- The second home -- "They had me sweating blood" -- Backstabbed -- Epilogue.
- 系統號: 005263172
- 資料類型: 圖書
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A virtuoso comedian, W. C. Fields is often called a comic genius and legendary iconoclast who gave the gift of laughter to multitudes during his epoch and left a legacy of humor for future generations. Using the newly opened W. C. Fields Papers at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Library, this groundbreaking book explores how he became a comedian during his lesser known stage career from 1898 to 1930 - years of hardship and exaltation that had a major influence on his comedy and characterizations in his films. The volume also uncovers new knowledge about Fields's traumatic private life and complex personality, revealing an aggrieved artist whose emotional anguish found refuge in his poignant comedy about life's frustrations and the human condition.
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