This book is the first major study of the Douglass family from 1848 to 1889 and the institution of the National Standard Theatre. Also detailed are the naturalistic staging techniques developed after 1879 that included railway trains on tracks, ocean liners, real water scenes, horse races, and other effects that later became part of the cinema.
- ISBN13 9780838633922
- Publish Date 28 February 1993
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 27 January 2021
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Associated University Presses
- Imprint Fairleigh Dickinson University Press,U.S.
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 360
- Language English