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  • Backstage at the Lincoln Assassination

    The Untold Story of the Actors and Stagehands at Ford's Theatre

    by Thomas A. Bogar ...
    Series series
    April 14, 1865. A famous actor pulls a trigger in the presidential balcony, leaps to the stage and escapes, as the president lies fatally wounded. In the panic that follows, forty-six terrified people scatter in and around Ford’s Theater as soldiers take up stations by the doors and the audience surges into the streets chanting, “Burn the place down!”This is the untold story of Lincoln’s ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Theatre on the American Frontier

    by Thomas A. Bogar ...
    For two centuries, nearly all historical accounts of American theatre have focused on New York, Boston, and Philadelphia. As a result, the story of theatre on the frontier consists primarily of regional studies with limited scope. Thomas A. Bogar’s Theatre on the American Frontier provides an overdue, balanced treatment of the accomplishments of the troupes working in the trans-Appalachian West ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Champagne Sparkle

    Maggie Mitchell, the First Musical Comedy Star of the American Stage

    by Thomas A. Bogar ...
    Before there was Shirley Temple or Judy Garland or Fanny Brice, before musical comedy even existed as a genre, Maggie Mitchell (1836-1918) consistently drew sold-out crowds for four decades as a musical comedy star. Admired by Abraham Lincoln as well as John Wilkes Booth, along with millions of adoring fans, both female and male, Maggie blazed across the American stage, her energy unstoppable in ... Read more

    $36.99 USD

  • Thomas Hamblin and the Bowery Theatre

    The New York Reign of "Blood and Thunder” Melodramas

    by Thomas A. Bogar ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    This book recounts the personal and professional life of Thomas Souness Hamblin (1800-1853), Shakespearean actor and Bowery Theatre manager. Primarily responsible for the popularity of “blood and thunder” melodramas with working class audiences in New York City, Hamblin discovered, trained and promoted many young actors and, especially, actresses who later became famous in their own right. He also ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

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    Backstage at the Lincoln Assassination

    The Untold Story of the Actors and Stagehands at Ford's Theatre

    by Thomas A. Bogar ...
    Narrated by R. C. Bray ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 52 min

    April 14, 1865. A famous actor pulls a trigger in the presidential balcony, leaps to the stage, and escapes, as the president lies fatally wounded. In the panic that follows, forty-six terrified people scatter in and around Ford's Theater as soldiers take up stations by the doors and the audience surges into the streets chanting, "Burn the place down!"This is the untold story of Lincoln's ... Read more

    $20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook