Coal and Culture: Opera Houses in Appalachia PDF
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Coal and Culture Coal and Culture Opera Houses in Appalachia Ohio University Press Athens Ohio University Press, Athens, Ohio www.ohio.edu/oupress © by William Faricy Condee Printed in the United States of America All rights reserved Ohio University Press books are printed on acid-free paper ƒ™ Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Condee, William Faricy. Coal and culture : opera houses in Appalachia / William Faricy Condee. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN ---(cloth : alk. paper) 1. Theater—Appalachian Region—History. I. Title. PN.AC .'—dc , , List of Illustrations ix Preface xi P A R T O N E The Opera House Project . The Birth of the Opera House 3 . Morality and Transgression at the Opera House P A R T T W O The Opera House in Context . The Opera House in the Landscape . The Opera House in a “Strange Land” . King Coal and the Opera House . The Opera House in the Fraternity P A R T T H R E E The Opera House in Action . Thunder and Lightning at the Opera House . (Per)Forming the Community at the Opera House . Variety at the Opera House . Drama at the Opera House Epilogue: The Death (and Rebirth) of the Opera House Appendix: List of Opera Houses Studied Notes Bibliography Index Tarentum Opera House, Tarentum, Pennsylvania Mozart’s Hall, Carlisle, Kentucky Marlinton Opera House, Marlinton, West Virginia Stuart’s Opera House, Nelsonville, Ohio Stuart’s Opera House, Nelsonville, Ohio Stuart’s Opera House, Nelsonville, Ohio Washington Opera House, Maysville, Kentucky Struther’s Library Theatre, Warren, Pennsylvania Advertisement for a vaudeville show in Harlan, Kentucky Advertisement for a vaudeville show in Harlan, Kentucky Sign prohibiting tobacco use in Marlin’s Opera House, Brookville, Pennsylvania Ariel Opera House, Gallipolis, Ohio Cotrill’s Opera House, Thomas, West Virginia Marlin’s Opera House, Brookville, Pennsylvania Stuart’s Opera House, Nelsonville, Ohio Fisher Opera House, Zaleski, Ohio Marlin’s Opera House, Brookville, Pennsylvania Pierce Opera House, Sharpsville, Pennsylvania Twin City Opera House, McConnelsville, Ohio Winchester Opera House, Winchester, Kentucky Einstein Opera House, Blairsville, Pennsylvania Grand Opera House, Portsmouth, Ohio Benham Theatre, Benham, Kentucky Stearns Opera House, Stearns, Kentucky Lynch, Kentucky, Main Street with model homes Victory Theatre, Lynch, Kentucky Victory Theatre, Lynch, Kentucky Ground plan of the Victory Theatre, Lynch, Kentucky Harrodsburg Opera House, Harrodsburg, Kentucky x ILLUSTRATIONS Knights of Labor Opera House, Shawnee, Ohio Knights of Labor Opera House, Shawnee, Ohio Sketch showing the scenic units of a typical opera house stage Woods backdrop indicating typical stock scenery of an opera house Marlin’s Opera House, Brookville, Pennsylvania Advertisement for election returns at the Winchester (Kentucky) Opera House Artist’s rendering of the lynching at the Livermore Opera House Flier for Belles of Blackvilleat Stuart’s Opera House, Nelsonville, Ohio Advertisement for lectures at the Knights of Pythias Opera House, Nelsonville, Ohio Advertisement for a basketball game at the Indian Theater, Shawnee, Ohio Backstage poster for a boxing match at Stuart’s Opera House, Nelsonville, Ohio Parade of veterans of the Grand Army of the Republic, Bradford, Pennsylvania Backstage wall at Stuart’s Opera House, Nelsonville, Ohio Advertisement for a minstrel show in Athens, Ohio Program for Buster Brown’s Holidayat Stuart’s Opera House, Nelsonville, Ohio Program for The Liberty Bellesat Stuart’s Opera House, Nelsonville, Ohio Program for A Trip to the Moonat Stuart’s Opera House, Nelsonville, Ohio Program for The Holy City at Stuart’s Opera House, Nelsonville, Ohio Backstage poster for Uncle Tom’s Cabinat the Grand Opera House, Jackson, Ohio Program for The Heart of Maryland at Stuart’s Opera House, Nelsonville, Ohio Program for A Royal Slaveat Stuart’s Opera House, Nelsonville, Ohio Advertisement for films of baseball games at the Winchester (Kentucky) Opera House Shinnston Opera House, Shinnston, West Virginia Stuart’s Opera House, Nelsonville, Ohio Stuart’s Opera House, Nelsonville, Ohio Stuart’s Opera House, Nelsonville, Ohio Marlinton Opera House, Marlinton, West Virginia Marlinton Opera House, Marlinton, West Virginia Red Men’s Opera House, Shawnee, Ohio Red Men’s Opera House, Shawnee, Ohio Red Men’s Opera House, Shawnee, Ohio Marlin’s Opera House, Brookville, Pennsylvania Marlin’s Opera House, Brookville, Pennsylvania
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