The Bird Cage Theater: The Curtain Rises on Tombstone, Arizona's National Treasure
by Michael Paul Mihaljevich
University of North Texas Press, 2024
Cloth: 978-1-57441-948-1 | eISBN: 978-1-57441-957-3
Library of Congress Classification NA6835.T66M54 2024
Dewey Decimal Classification 725.8220979153
TOC
Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: What Is a Variety Theater?
Chapter 2: Tombstone’s Early Venues
Chapter 3: Early Performers Prove the Concept
Chapter 4: Bird Cage Founders: William and Lottie Hutchinson
Chapter 5: How the Bird Cage Came to Be
Chapter 6: Hutchinson’s Bird Cage Success
Chapter 7: Hutchinson’s Downfall
Chapter 8: The Bird Cage Era History Forgot, 1884–1885
Chapter 9: A Rise from the Ashes: The Joe Bignon Era
Chapter 10: Bird Cage Mayhem?
Chapter 11: Performers, Performances, and Employees
Chapter 12: Post Theater Era: Leading the Charge of Tombstone’s Revival
Chapter 13: From Decaying Building to Western Icon: Cummings, Gardner, Helldorado
Chapter 14: Coffee Shoppe and Beyond
Chapter 15: Legacy
Epilogue
Appendix A: A Concise Bird Cage Timeline
Appendix B: Index to Bird Cage Myths
Endnotes
Bibliography
Index
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