A collection of interviews, essays and vaudeville skits from the 1930s to the 1950s al pertaining to Mexican American theater. Historical studies by Jorge Huerta, Nicolás Kanellos, Tomás Ybarra-Fausto and others; exclusive interview of Luis Valdez; and a vaudeville material from Lalo Astol, the Carpa García and others never before published.
- Cover
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Contents
- introduction
- vaudeville sketches
- Leonardo Carciá Astol Monólogo
- Leonardo y Susie Astol Mateo y Belia Camargo El Rajá
- Leonardo y Susie Astol La viajera mundial
- La Carpa Carcia El fotógrafo
- studies
- Nicolás Kanellos Two Centuries of Hispanic Theatre in the Southwest
- Tomás Ybarra-Frausto La Chata Noloesca:
Figura del Donaire
- Armando Miguélez El Teatro Carmen (1915-1923):
Centro del Arte Escénico
Hispano en Tucson
- Jorge Huerta The Influences of Latin
American Theater on
Teatro Chicano
- Yvonne Yarbro-Bejarano Teatropoesfa by Chicanas in the Bay Area: Tongues of Fire
- interviews
- Roberta Orona-Cordova Zoot Suit and the Pachuco
Phenomenon: An Interview with Luis Valdez
- Victor Guerra An Interview with Rodrigo Duarte of El Teatro de la Esperanza