Lydia Thompson : Queen of Burlesque, Paperback / softback Book

Lydia Thompson : Queen of Burlesque Paperback / softback

Part of the Forgotten Stars of the Musical Theatre series

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This inaugural volume in the Forgotten Stars of the Musical Theatre series sets Lydia Thompson, queen of burlesque, under the spotlight.

The series will attempt to resurrect theatre performers and writers who were famous in their era, yet who have since inexplicably faded from popular memory.

Outlandish tales of Lydia's touring burlesque company, the British Blondes, and such lurid episodes as her horsewhipping of a Chicago editor, a romance with a Russian Grand Duke and a lesbian attacker have left her with a reputation as a bawdy burlesquer, but Kurt Gänzl argues she was nothing of the kind.

Through this biography, the reader will learn the whole and hitherto untold story of this fascinating, multi-dimensional musical-theatre star.

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