Entertaining Women: Actresses, Dancers, and Singers in the Old West

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Rowman & Littlefield, Oct 5, 2015 - Biography & Autobiography - 224 pages
This collection of short stories of the women who entertained the West in makeshift theaters and palaces built to showcase the divas who were beloved by emigrants to the “uncivilized” West will feature well-known and lesser known dancers, singers, and actresses and their exploits. Author Chris Enss will bring her comedic timing and long experience writing about the time and culture of the West to this collection.
 

Contents

Adah MenkenThe Frenzy of Frisco
17
Leslie CarterThe Passionate Player
30
Catherine HayesThe Irish Prima Donna
42
Sarah Kirby StarkThe Pioneer Manager
50
Charlotte CushmanThe Actress in Trousers Sarah BernhardtThe Divine Sarah
60
Lillian RussellThe American Beauty
92
Helena ModjeskaThe Polish Phenomenon
106
Matilda HeronThe Star of the American Theatre
118
Mary AndersonThe SelfMade Star
127
Laura KeeneThe Presidents Actress
139
Caroline ChapmanThe QuickChange Artist
159
Jeanne EagelsThe Screen Siren
169
Bibliography
196
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About the author (2015)

Chris Enss is an award-winning screen writer who has written for television, short subject films, live performances, and for the movies, and is the co-author (with JoAnn Chartier) of Love Untamed: True Romances Stories of the Old West, Gilded Girls: Women Entertainers of the Old West, and She Wore A Yellow Ribbon: Women Patriots and Soldiers of the Old West and The Cowboy and the Senorita; Happy Trails; The Young Duke; Thunder Over the Prairie; Object:Matrimony; and The Death Row All Stars. She lives in Grass Valley, California.

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