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| Title: | Canadian Kings of Repertoire
: The Story of the Marks Brothers |
| Author: | Michael V Taylor |
| ISBN: | 1896219764 : 9781896219769 |
| Illustrations: | 105 b/w illus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Size: | 205x255mm |
| Pages: | 176 |
| Weight: | .434 Kg. |
| Published: | Dundurn Press (Natural Heritage Books) - October 2001 |
| List Price: | 16.5 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | Variety shows; music hall; cabaret |
The Marks Brothers may well have been the most remarkable theatrical family in Canadian history. A phenomenon on the vaudeville circuit, the seven brothers left the farm and took to the boards and the footlights throughout the latter part of the 19th century and into the 1920s. The brothers from Christie Lake, near Perth in Eastern Ontario, played to an estimated eight million Canadians, as well as to sizeable audiences in the United States. Their road shows, largely melodramas and comedy, kept audiences crying, booing, laughing and cheering until movies sounded the death knell for touring repertory companies. The publication of this book brings back for one more curtain call the seven Marks boys, top hats, diamond rings and all. Joining them in a farewell performance are their glamorous leading ladies and a superb cast of supporting players. So clear the aisles and up with the curtain. It's showtime once more.
Foreword; How Are You Going to Keep Them Down on The Farm?: 1876 to 1882; Establishing Roots in Lanark County; Canada Beckons: 1882; Tom Marks: A Keen Eye for Business and a Flair for Comedy; Exit Emma: Enter May A. Bell; Robert William Marks: Larger Than Life King of Repertoire; Life on the Road; Perils of the Stage: But the Show Must Go On; Honing Talent Over the Years; The End of An Era; Index.
