310 Pages
by
Routledge
310 Pages
by
Routledge
310 Pages
by
Routledge
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A colorful, historically accurate biography of William B. Gill, a famous musical-comedy playwright and comedy performer of the late-19th-century who is now mostly forgotten, but who changed the course of American musical theater. Gill began his career as a comedic actor in the coalfields of Australia, then performed in India and England, before finally coming to the U.S. Achieving fame as one of... Read more
Introduction; 1: Who Was Willie Gill?; 2: From the Goldfields to Melbourne (and Back Again); 3: A Comic Star at Home; 4: On the Road to Calcutta; 5: Great Varieties and Greater Expectations; 6: A Sojourn in the American Goldfields; 7: A Broadway Début and Colville's Folly Company; 8: Lots of Goblins and an International Hit; 9: Plays Made to Order; 10: Adonis; 11: One Failure after Another; 12: From Pantomime to Sentimental Comedy; 13: Star Vehicles; 14: Last Hits; 15: Final Curtain
Biography
Kurt Ganzl
