{"product_id":"champagne-sparkle-maggie-mitchell-the-first-musical-comedy-star-of-the-american-stage-9781538143483","title":"Champagne Sparkle: Maggie Mitchell, the First","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBefore there was Shirley Temple or Judy Garland or Fanny Brice, before musical comedy even existed as a genre, Maggie Mitchell (1836-1918) consistently drew sold-out crowds for four decades as a musical comedy star. Admired by Abraham Lincoln as well as John Wilkes Booth, along with millions of adoring fans, both female and male, Maggie blazed across the American stage, her energy unstoppable in her signature roles: Fanchon, Little Barefoot, Pearl of Savoy, French Spy, Little Savage, and Jane Eyre. Trying to capture her appeal, reviewers exhausted their store of adjectives and metaphors, among them “vivacious,” “beautiful,” “hoydenish,” “sprightly,” “piquant,” “elfin,” “impish,” “mischievous,” “winsome,” “electric,” “versatile,” “chaste,” “a fascinating little witch,” “a materialized sunbeam” and “a champagne sparkle.” When she finally retired, one of the wealthiest actresses in the world, she left in her wake dozens of Maggie Mitchell imitators, and critics ever since have spoken of the “Maggie Mitchell style” of acting: effervescent, endearing, and eternally youthful. As an actress, a faithful wife and mother, and an icon of respectability in a field often condemned by moralists, she left a legacy of unparalleled achievement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1: “a wild, restless, spritely little thing”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2: “emphatically the People’s Pet” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3: “quivering masculine hearts” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4: Fanchon \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5: “talked about as much as the war” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6: “she will never be more idolized than she was by the soldiers” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7: “everything has been deranged”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 8: “Maggie Mitchell stands unrivaled”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 9: California and “Cricket Lodge”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 10: “she does not counterfeit it, but feels it”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 11: “everything she attempts is Fanchon”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 12: “bathed in the fountain of perennial youth”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 13: “she can’t quit the stage”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 14: “completely under his influence”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 15: “dissipated and untrue”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 16: “it is the music of the heart”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments","brand":"Rowman \u0026 Littlefield","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041179795799,"sku":"9781538143483","price":91.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781538143483.jpg?v=1750949234","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/champagne-sparkle-maggie-mitchell-the-first-musical-comedy-star-of-the-american-stage-9781538143483","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}