The Indian Territory Journals of Colonel Richard Irving DodgeUniversity of Oklahoma Press, 1996 - 486 pagini The stage career of Will Rogers, one of America's most influential humorists, began to take shape during the years covered by this documentary history, the second volume in The Papers of Will Rogers. Between 1904 and 1908, Rogers made the transition from Wild West shows to the vaudeville stage. During these early years, he developed and polished his act, blending his homespun humor with his cowboy skills of roping and horseback riding to the delight of his audience. At the same time he began courting Betty Blake, his future wife. Their on-again, off-again relationship matured as Rogers was realizing his goal of making a career in show business. Along with Rogers's personal correspondence, Arthur Frank Wertheim and Barbara Bair present theater programs, performance reviews, and newspaper clippings, all providing detailed snapshots of vaudeville at the beginning of the twentieth century. Much of this material, gleaned from private collections, interviews, and theater-arts collections in New York City and across the country, has never before been published in any form. |
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... March 1906 3. BERLIN'S WINTERGARTEN AND LONDON'S PALACE Introduction 273 Documents , March - July 1906 4. CAUGHT IN THE VAUDEVILLE WARS 277 301 Introduction 303 Documents , July 1906 - June 1908 5. ON THE WESTERN VAUDEVILLE TRAIL ...
... March 1905 19 March 1905 21 March 1905 1 April 1905 2 April 1905 23 April 1905 ca. 23 April 1905 Article from the Washington Times Clipping from Will Rogers's Scrapbook Article from the Claremore Messenger Article from the Marion News ...
... March 1906 1 March 1906 To Betty Blake To Clement Vann Rogers To Maud Lane Passport Application of Buck McKee Passport Application of Will Rogers Vaudeville Notes 17 March 1906 Article from the Claremore Progress 26 March 1906 To Betty ...
... March 1907 Excerpt from the Final Rolls of the Five Civilized Tribes 9 March 1907 18 April 1907 ca. 30 April 1907 Notice from the Claremore Progress To Clement Vann Rogers London Palace Clippings from Will Rogers's Scrapbook ca. 24 May ...
... March 1908 Hammerstein's Victoria Theatre Program To Betty Blake To Betty Blake Orpheum Theatre Playbill To Betty Blake To Betty Blake 5 March 1908 7 March 1908 From Jack Joyce Notice from Variety 14 April 1908 Last Will and Testament ...
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CHRONOLOGY APRIL 1904SEPTEMBER 1908 | 9 |
EDITORIAL PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES | 23 |
Introduction | 39 |
Documents April 1904May 1905 | 56 |
July 1904 | 72 |
Scrapbook Clipping | 79 |
Oct 1904 | 88 |
Dec 1904 | 96 |
95 | 242 |
Feb 1906 To Maud Lane | 261 |
Introduction | 273 |
March 1906 To Betty Blake | 277 |
April 1906 To Betty Blake | 286 |
Article from the Claremore Messenger | 299 |
Introduction | 303 |
Article from the Marion NewsTribune | 328 |
April 1905 Clipping from Will Rogerss Scrapbook | 117 |
Introduction | 127 |
June 1905 To Sister | 139 |
March 1905 | 148 |
June 1905 Managers Report Union Square Theatre | 149 |
June 1905 Review Hammersteins Paradise Roof Garden | 157 |
June 1905 Review from the Philadelphia Item | 163 |
July 1905 To Clement Vann Rogers | 177 |
Aug 1905 From Sam A Scribner | 183 |
Aug 1905 Chases Theatre Vaudeville Contract | 190 |
Oct 1905 To Sisters | 206 |
93 | 225 |
To Clement Vann Rogers | 344 |
April 1907 London Palace Clippings from Will Rogerss | 362 |
Sept 1907 Reviews of The Girl Rangers | 371 |
Sept 1907 Vaudeville Notes | 380 |
March 1908 To Betty Blake | 405 |
ON THE WESTERN VAUDEVILLE TRAIL | 415 |
June 1908 To Clement Vann Rogers | 424 |
July 1908 Clipping from Will Rogerss Scrapbook | 449 |
NAME INDEX | 461 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 535 |
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