Astaires Fred and Adele

Name: Astaires Fred and Adele
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ISBN: 9780199738410

ISBN-10: 0199738416

ISBN-13: 9780199738410

Edition: 2012

Authors: Kathleen Riley

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Before 'Fred and Ginger', there was 'Fred and Adele', a show business partnership and a cultural sensation like no other. It is difficult in our celebrity-sated era to comprehend what a genuine phenomenon the Astaires were. At the height of their success in the mid-1920s the siblings were seasoned transatlantic commuters, ambassadors of an art form they had helped to revolutionize, adored by audiences, feted by royalty, and courted socially by the elite in just about every field of endeavour. They seemed to define the Jazz Age, a fascinating pair who wove fascinating rhythms in song and dance. The story of Fred and Adele Astaire is extraordinary and it is told here in depth and within its…

Book details

List price: $27.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/1/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 272
Size: 9.20" wide x 6.40" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English

Kathleen Riley is British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow, Corpus Christi College, Oxford.



List of illustrations


Foreword



Acknowledgements


Preface


Introduction




Opening the bill



Over the top



Dancing comedians



Nightingales in Berkeley Square



Fascinating rhythms



The golden calf



Frater, ave atque vale



By myself



After the dance Chronologies



The shows



Charity performances



Other notable events in theatre, 1917-1933


Notes


Bibliography


Index