| ISBN |
9780369381743 |
| Name |
Nunn, Judy author. |
| Title |
Showtime! / Judy Nunn. |
| Edition |
Large print edition. |
| Published |
[Strawberry Hills, NSW] : ReadHowYouWant, [2022] |
| ©2021 |
| Description |
xiii, 709 pages (large print) ; 24 cm. |
| Notes |
'Comedy, tragedy, passion, betrayal...onstage and off.'--Cover. |
| Copyright page from the original book. |
| Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary |
In the second half of the 19th century, Melbourne is a veritable boom town, as hopefuls from every corner of the globe flock to the gold fields of Victoria. And where people crave gold, they also crave entertainment. Enter stage right: brothers Will and Max Worthing and their wives Mabel and Gertie. The family arrives from England in the 1880s with little else but the masterful talents that will see them rise from simple travelling performers to sophisticated entrepreneurs. Enter stage left: their rivals, Carlo and Rube. Childhood friends since meeting in a London orphanage, the two men have literally fought their way to the top and are now producers of the bawdy but hugely popular 'Big Show Bonanza'. The fight for supremacy begins. Waiting in the wings: Comedy, tragedy, passion and betrayal; economic depression, the Black Death and the horrors of World War One... |
| Subjects |
English -- Australia -- Fiction |
| Gold mines and mining -- Victoria -- Fiction |
| Theatrical producers and directors -- Fiction |
| Entertainers -- Fiction |
| Theaters -- Victoria -- Melbourne -- Fiction |
| Social classes -- Fiction |
| Theater -- Victoria -- Melbourne -- Fiction |
| Orphans -- Fiction |
| Immigrants -- Australia -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction |
| Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.) -- Australia -- History -- Fiction |
| Circus performers -- Fiction |
| Enemies -- Fiction |
| Melbourne (Vic.) -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction |
| Australia -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Fiction |
| Genre |
Large type books |
| Historical fiction |
| Australian fiction |
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