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Minnesota
Theatre
From Old Fort Snelling to the Guthrie
Bernard Hewitt Award Nominee
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By
Frank M. Whiting
231
pages, bibliography, index, black and white illustrations
and four-color supplement
1988, paperbound
ISBN
0-9617767-2-2
Order Number: PP22
Price: $17.95
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The general
consensus (never proven) seems to be that there is more theatrical
activity per capita in the Twin Cities are than anywhere else
in the nation, New York included. This book therefore, is a humble
attempt to make reader's a bit more aware of Minnesota's theatrical
heritage. The material is arranged in four chronological divisions:
Part One takes us from the soldier shows at old Fort Snelling
to 1883 when not one but two Grand Opera Houses were constructed.
Part Two ends with 1933, the date when Buzz Bainbridge gave up
his theatre to become mayor. Part Three covers the thirty year
interval between the demise of the Bainbridge Players and the
opening of The Guthrie, while Part Four is concerned with the
explosion of activity that immediately preceded and followed the
opening of The Gutherie.
A comprehensive
survey of plays and players in Minnesota from 1821 ... to the
present. Forthright and lucid, it represents essential information
for students of American history, and pleasant and informative
reading for the general public. -- Choice
This
title has been selected as a Bernard Hewitt Award Nominee for
outstanding Research in Theatre History.
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