328 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
ISBNs
9780571211920, 0571211925
OCLC
ocm58975745
Includes bibliographical references (pages [297]-306) and index.
The overture -- Who put the "devil" in vaudeville? -- Good, clean fun -- Birth of an industry -- Tooth and nail -- The palace years -- Troupers -- The march of progress -- The phoenix in foolscap -- The chaser