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Cabaret (1972).
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Kopit, A. Indians. (Eyre Methuen, London, 1970).
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Variety Stage: Vaudeville and Popular Entertainment (short films from the Library of Congress). (18 AD).
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Funny Girl (1968).
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Vuadeville. (27 AD).
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Bhikhari Thakur and Meenu Gupta. Gabar Ghichor. Indian Literature 44, 127–140 (2000).
30.
Topsy-Turvy (1999).
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Merrill, D. & Paterson, T. G. Major Problems in American Foreign Relations: Documents and Essays, Vol. 2: Since 1914. vol. Major problems in American history series (Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 2000).
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Tzu-I Chung. The Transnational Vision of Miss Saigon: Performing the Orient in a Globalized World. MELUS 36, 61–86 (2011).
33.
Dong, A. E., Dong, L. & See, L. Forbidden City, USA: Chinese American Nightclubs, 1936-1970. (DeepFocus Productions, Los Angeles, CA, 2014).
34.
SanSan Kwan. Performing a Geography of Asian America: The Chop Suey Circuit. TDR: The Drama Review 55, 120–136 (2011).
35.
Forbidden City.
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Jennifer Robertson. Takarazuka: Sexual Politics and Popular Culture in Modern Japan. (University of California Press, 2008).
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Landmarks: Oh What a lovely war.
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Stage to Screen.
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The End of the Pier Show.
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Cole, C. M. Ghana’s Concert Party Theatre. (Indiana University Press, Bloomington, 2001).
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Biting the Hand That Leads Us: Humor & Social Change. (12 AD).
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Kershaw, B. The Politics of Performance: Radical Theatre as Cultural Intervention. (Routledge, London, 1992).
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62.
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Bill Irwin Clown Prince on Vimeo.
64.
Comedy Genius -- The Regard of Flight -- 1983 -- Bill Irwin in performance. (13 AD).
65.
Nina Conti - A Ventriloquist’s Story: Her Master’s Voice.
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The Flying Karamazov Brothers (1983) - Part 1 of 8. (12 AD).
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Alan Edelstein, Molly Bernstein & Bernstein, M. Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries And Mentors Of Ricky Jay. (2012).
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Man on the Moon (1999).
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Bamboozled (2000).
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Gregory Laski. Falling Back into History: The Uncanny Trauma of Blackface Minstrelsy in Spike Lee’s Bamboozled. Callaloo 33, 1093–1115 (2011).
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Lee, Y. J. The Shipment: Lear. (Theatre Communications Group, New York, 2010).