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Coal and Culture Coal and Culture Opera Houses in Appalachia    Ohio University Press Athens Ohio University Press, Athens, Ohio  www.ohio.edu/oupress © by William Faricy Condee Printed in the United States of America All rights reserved Ohio University Press books are printed on acid-free paper ƒ™              Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Condee, William Faricy. Coal and culture : opera houses in Appalachia / William Faricy Condee. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN ---(cloth : alk. paper) 1. Theater—Appalachian Region—History. I. Title. PN.AC  .'—dc   , ,     List of Illustrations ix Preface xi P A R T O N E The Opera House Project . The Birth of the Opera House 3 . Morality and Transgression at the Opera House  P A R T T W O The Opera House in Context . The Opera House in the Landscape  . The Opera House in a “Strange Land”  . King Coal and the Opera House  . The Opera House in the Fraternity  P A R T T H R E E The Opera House in Action . Thunder and Lightning at the Opera House  . (Per)Forming the Community at the Opera House  . Variety at the Opera House  . Drama at the Opera House  Epilogue: The Death (and Rebirth) of the Opera House  Appendix: List of Opera Houses Studied  Notes  Bibliography  Index    Tarentum Opera House, Tarentum, Pennsylvania  Mozart’s Hall, Carlisle, Kentucky  Marlinton Opera House, Marlinton, West Virginia  Stuart’s Opera House, Nelsonville, Ohio  Stuart’s Opera House, Nelsonville, Ohio  Stuart’s Opera House, Nelsonville, Ohio  Washington Opera House, Maysville, Kentucky  Struther’s Library Theatre, Warren, Pennsylvania  Advertisement for a vaudeville show in Harlan, Kentucky  Advertisement for a vaudeville show in Harlan, Kentucky  Sign prohibiting tobacco use in Marlin’s Opera House, Brookville, Pennsylvania  Ariel Opera House, Gallipolis, Ohio  Cotrill’s Opera House, Thomas, West Virginia  Marlin’s Opera House, Brookville, Pennsylvania  Stuart’s Opera House, Nelsonville, Ohio  Fisher Opera House, Zaleski, Ohio  Marlin’s Opera House, Brookville, Pennsylvania  Pierce Opera House, Sharpsville, Pennsylvania  Twin City Opera House, McConnelsville, Ohio  Winchester Opera House, Winchester, Kentucky  Einstein Opera House, Blairsville, Pennsylvania  Grand Opera House, Portsmouth, Ohio  Benham Theatre, Benham, Kentucky  Stearns Opera House, Stearns, Kentucky  Lynch, Kentucky, Main Street with model homes  Victory Theatre, Lynch, Kentucky  Victory Theatre, Lynch, Kentucky  Ground plan of the Victory Theatre, Lynch, Kentucky  Harrodsburg Opera House, Harrodsburg, Kentucky  x ILLUSTRATIONS Knights of Labor Opera House, Shawnee, Ohio  Knights of Labor Opera House, Shawnee, Ohio  Sketch showing the scenic units of a typical opera house stage  Woods backdrop indicating typical stock scenery of an opera house  Marlin’s Opera House, Brookville, Pennsylvania  Advertisement for election returns at the Winchester (Kentucky) Opera House  Artist’s rendering of the lynching at the Livermore Opera House  Flier for Belles of Blackvilleat Stuart’s Opera House, Nelsonville, Ohio  Advertisement for lectures at the Knights of Pythias Opera House, Nelsonville, Ohio  Advertisement for a basketball game at the Indian Theater, Shawnee, Ohio  Backstage poster for a boxing match at Stuart’s Opera House, Nelsonville, Ohio  Parade of veterans of the Grand Army of the Republic, Bradford, Pennsylvania  Backstage wall at Stuart’s Opera House, Nelsonville, Ohio  Advertisement for a minstrel show in Athens, Ohio  Program for Buster Brown’s Holidayat Stuart’s Opera House, Nelsonville, Ohio  Program for The Liberty Bellesat Stuart’s Opera House, Nelsonville, Ohio  Program for A Trip to the Moonat Stuart’s Opera House, Nelsonville, Ohio  Program for The Holy City at Stuart’s Opera House, Nelsonville, Ohio  Backstage poster for Uncle Tom’s Cabinat the Grand Opera House, Jackson, Ohio  Program for The Heart of Maryland at Stuart’s Opera House, Nelsonville, Ohio  Program for A Royal Slaveat Stuart’s Opera House, Nelsonville, Ohio  Advertisement for ﬁlms of baseball games at the Winchester (Kentucky) Opera House  Shinnston Opera House, Shinnston, West Virginia  Stuart’s Opera House, Nelsonville, Ohio  Stuart’s Opera House, Nelsonville, Ohio  Stuart’s Opera House, Nelsonville, Ohio  Marlinton Opera House, Marlinton, West Virginia  Marlinton Opera House, Marlinton, West Virginia  Red Men’s Opera House, Shawnee, Ohio  Red Men’s Opera House, Shawnee, Ohio  Red Men’s Opera House, Shawnee, Ohio  Marlin’s Opera House, Brookville, Pennsylvania  Marlin’s Opera House, Brookville, Pennsylvania 

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A critical appreciation of the opera house in the coal-mining region of Appalachia from the mid 1860s to the early 1930s, Coal and Culture demonstrates that these were multipurpose facilities that were used for traveling theater, concerts, religious events, lectures, commencements, boxing matches, b

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