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If it is true that the lives of its artists encompasses much of the history of the theatre, then biographical sources are an essential resource for that history. Obituaries often provide the only accessible biographical information on the ordinary people of the theatre. The unique feature of George Bryan's Stage Deaths is its perception of those ordinary, often obscure lives as essential, colorful complements to more celebrated ones.
This reference volume provides basic biographical facts, citations of obituaries and death notices in selected Anglo-American newspapers, and references to book-length biographies and autobiographies in English of theatrical artists who died between 1850 and 1990. Through thousands of entries and cross references, Stage Deaths details the lives and careers of actors, directors, musical directors, designers, producers, playwrights, composers, screenwriters, scenarists, theatre and company managers, and agents connected with stage, screen, radio, television, vaudeville, circus, menagerie, and carnival. A complete entry contains stage name(s), sobriquet, real name, parents; names, spouse's name(s), date and place of birth and death, citations of obituaries, and a list of autobiographies and biographies in English. A companion volume to the compiler's Stage Lives: A Bibliography and Index to Theatrical Biographies in English (Greenwood Press, 1985), this volume belongs in theatrical and general reference library collections.
Table of Contents
Introduction How to Use This Book Biographical Guide to Theatrical Obituaries
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v. 1. A-J ISBN 9780313280375
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These volumes provide biographical data on major and minor theatrical personnel who died between 1850 and 1990. Their data are derived from obituaries in The Era, The Stage, The Clipper, New York Dramatic Mirror, and Variety as well as The London Times, The New York Times, Boston Transcript, and the Los Angeles Times and is augmented by other diverse sources. Bryan's compilation is international in scope and broad in coverage. Thousands of entries and cross references detail the lives and careers of actors, directors, musical directors, designers, producers, playwrights, composers, screenwriters, scenarists, theatre and company managers, and agents connected with stage, screen, radio, television, vaudeville, circus, menagerie, and carnival..
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v. 2. K-Z ISBN 9780313280382
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These volumes provide biographical data on major and minor theatrical personnel who died between 1850 and 1990. Their data are derived from obituaries in The Era, The Stage, The Clipper, New York Dramatic Mirror, and Variety as well as The London Times, The New York Times, Boston Transcript, and the Los Angeles Times and is augmented by other diverse sources. Bryan's compilation is international in scope and broad in coverage. Thousands of entries and cross references detail the lives and careers of actors, directors, musical directors, designers, producers, playwrights, composers, screenwriters, scenarists, theatre and company managers, and agents connected with stage, screen, radio, television, vaudeville, circus, menagerie, and carnival.
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