A theater of our own : a history and a memoir of 1,001 nights in Chicago

Christiansen, Richard. (Author).

Item details

ISBN: 0810120410 (alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780810120419 (alk. paper)
Physical Description: print
xvii, 317 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.
Publisher: Evanston, Ill. : Northwestern University Press, c2004.

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-303) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

A thrilling little place -- Something attractive at the McVicker's -- The city assumed a metropolitan air -- Two barrels of slippers -- A glimpse of that order and beauty -- By all means start your own theatre -- We were a landlocked town -- There actually was a national theater -- Chicago is hard up for writers -- It's a comedy school -- It was an honor to work there -- We improvised -- Let all the flowers of the arts bloom -- We'll have a scene -- It's good writing -- It was the arrogance of youth -- The field is littered with bodies -- We needed to tribe up -- The Vast Chicago Theater Market -- it all came together with Salesman -- The new theater capital of the United States -- They've become institutions.