List of Figures
Acknowledgments
Introduction
The Venues and the Shows
Music Halls for Tout-Paris
Creative Artists: Authors, Composers, and Choreographers
The Ballet-Divertissement
Real Pantomime-Ballets: The Choreographic Conventions of 1890s Music-Hall Ballet
Music as Storyteller: The Musical Conventions of 1890s Music-Hall Ballet
As Pleasing to the Ear as to the Eye: A Popular Musical Style
The Stories of Music-Hall Ballet: Romance, Flirtations, and Other Pleasures
A Delight to Behold: Glitter, Glamour, and Girls
Appendix A: Tables of Ballets Staged by the Folies-Bergere, the Olympia, and the Casino de Paris
Appendix B: Synopses of Ballets Staged at the Folies-Bergere, the Olympia, and the Casino de Paris
Notes
Bibliography
Index