ANNE ALISON BARNET - Extravaganza King: Robert Barnet and Boston Musical TheaterBoston: Northeastern University Press, 2004. 1st. Hard. 8vo. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Boston: Northeastern University Press, 2004, first printing. 8vo, xvii+223pp, illustrated. A writer, research, and public speaker based in Boston\'s South End, Barnet tells the story of sugar merchant Robert A. Barnet (1853-1933) and the Cadet Theatricals, a Boston Brahman militia that raised money for an armory to protect the city\'s elite from immigrant uprisings by putting on annual, amateur, and outrageous theatrical shows. They raised about $250,000 over 16 seasons between 1891 and 1906. He was librettist, actor in the early plays, and stage manager. Fine in fine dust jacket.. Fine . USD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 30.5 | £UK 26.75 | JP¥ 5397] Book number 8108is offered by:
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