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Article: "Stage Page, Scandals, and Vandals": William E. Burton and Nineteenth-Century American Theatre.(Book Review)
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- Theatre History Studies
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- January 1, 2005
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"Stage Page, Scandals, and Vandals": William E. Burton and Nineteenth-Century American Theatre. By David L. Rinear. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 2003; pp. ix + 283. $55.00 cloth.
It is always a pleasure to read such a meticulously researched and thoroughly detailed theatrical biography as David L. Rinear has provided in "Stage, Page, Scandals, and Vandals ": William E. Burton and Nineteenth-Century American Theatre. Burton's exploits, ranging from his bigamous marriages, to his financial and professional double-dealings, to his experiments in enterprises including theatrical management and literary magazines, elevate him to an almost Barnum-like ...