The Troupe

Author: Robert Jackson Bennett
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 0748125965
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 387

Book Description
George Carole ran away from home to join the Vaudeville circuit. Sixteen years old, uncommonly gifted at the piano, he falls in with a strange troupe - even for Vaudeville. Under the watchful eye of the enigmatic figure of Silenus, George comes to realise that the members of the troupe are more than they appear to be. And their travels have a purpose that runs deeper than entertainment. George must uncover the mysteries of Silenus's company before it is too late. He is already entangled in their web of secrets and, if he doesn't learn where they are taking him, he may never find his way out.

Miles and Me

Author: Quincy Troupe
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520929067
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 220

Book Description
Quincy Troupe's candid account of his friendship with Miles Davis is a revealing portrait of a great musician and an intimate study of a unique relationship. It is also an engrossing chronicle of the author's own development, both artistic and personal. As Davis's collaborator on Miles: The Autobiography,Troupe--one of the major poets to emerge from the 1960s--had exceptional access to the musician. This memoir goes beyond the life portrayed in the autobiography to describe in detail the processes of Davis's spectacular creativity and the joys and difficulties his passionate, contradictory temperament posed to the men's friendship. It shows how Miles Davis, both as a black man and an artist, influenced not only Quincy Troupe but whole generations. Troupe has written that Miles Davis was "irascible, contemptuous, brutally honest, ill-tempered when things didn't go his way, complex, fair-minded, humble, kind and a son-of-a-bitch." The author's love and appreciation for Davis make him a keen, though not uncritical, observer. He captures and conveys the power of the musician's presence, the mesmerizing force of his personality, and the restless energy that lay at the root of his creativity. He also shows Davis's lighter side: cooking, prowling the streets of Manhattan, painting, riding his horse at his Malibu home. Troupe discusses Davis's musical output, situating his albums in the context of the times--both political and musical--out of which they emerged. Miles and Me is an unparalleled look at the act of creation and the forces behind it, at how the innovations of one person can inspire both those he knows and loves and the world at large.

The Troupe

Author: Robert Jackson Bennett
Publisher: Hachette+ORM
ISBN: 0316192716
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 387

Book Description
Vaudeville: mad, mercenary, dreamy, and absurd, a world of clashing cultures and ferocious showmanship and wickedly delightful deceptions. But sixteen-year-old pianist George Carole has joined vaudeville for one reason only: to find the man he suspects to be his father, the great Heironomo Silenus. Yet as he chases down his father's troupe, he begins to understand that their performances are strange even for vaudeville: for wherever they happen to tour, the very nature of the world seems to change. Because there is a secret within Silenus's show so ancient and dangerous that it has won him many powerful enemies. And it's not until after he joins them that George realizes the troupe is not simply touring: they are running for their lives. And soon...he is as well.

The Troupe

Author: Gordon Linzner
Publisher: Crossroad Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 311

Book Description
They fan out across the city, perfectly disguised—as a mime, a toy vendor, a con artist. Rabid with hunger, they bore into their victims, gorging on fear and desire, killing them in silence: a fat woman hiding raw sexuality under layers of flesh … a gifted executive trapped in a dead-end job … a frenzied salesman late for his next appointment … a young woman battling childhood terrors … her brother, a strung-out junkie … But when a strange woman saves the junkie's life, their real nightmare begins. In the streets and the alleys, they stalk The Troupe, searching for his sister's killers. He knows their secret. Now he can destroy them. If he escapes their dreadful, fiendish eyes …

The Troop

Author: Nick Cutter
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1476717753
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 464

Book Description
WINNER OF THE JAMES HERBERT AWARD FOR HORROR WRITING “The Troop scared the hell out of me, and I couldn’t put it down. This is old-school horror at its best.” —Stephen King Once every year, Scoutmaster Tim Riggs leads a troop of boys into the Canadian wilderness for a weekend camping trip—a tradition as comforting and reliable as a good ghost story around a roaring bonfire. But when an unexpected intruder stumbles upon their campsite—shockingly thin, disturbingly pale, and voraciously hungry—Tim and the boys are exposed to something far more frightening than any tale of terror. The human carrier of a bioengineered nightmare. A horror that spreads faster than fear. A harrowing struggle for survival with no escape from the elements, the infected…or one another. Part Lord of the Flies, part 28 Days Later—and all-consuming—this tightly written, edge-of-your-seat thriller takes you deep into the heart of darkness, where fear feeds on sanity…and terror hungers for more.

Professor Risley and the Imperial Japanese Troupe

Author: Frederik L. Schodt
Publisher: Stone Bridge Press
ISBN: 1611720095
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 338

Book Description
Looks at Professor Risley's introduction of the Western-style circus to Japan in 1864 and his subsequent tours of the country with the Imperial Japanese Troupe of acrobats, an encounter that opened both cultures to one another.

Yiddish Empire

Author: Debra Caplan
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 0472037250
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 343

Book Description
Relates the untold story of a traveling Yiddish theater company and traces their far- reaching influence

The San Francisco Mime Troupe Reader

Author: Susan Vaneta Mason
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 0472120174
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 313

Book Description
The San Francisco Mime Troupe Reader is a long-overdue collection of some of the finest political satires created and produced by the Tony Award-winning company during the last forty years. It is also a history of the company that was the theater of the counterculture movement in the 1960s and that, against all odds, has managed to survive the often hostile economic climate for the arts in the United States. The plays selected are diverse, representing some of the Troupe's finest shows, and the book's illustrations capture some of the Troupe's most memorable moments. These hilarious, edgy, and imaginative scripts are accompanied by insightful commentary by theater historian and critic Susan Vaneta Mason, who has been following the Troupe for more than three decades. The Mime Troupe Reader will engage and entertain a wide range of audiences, not only general readers but also those interested in the history of American social protest, the counterculture of the 1960s-particularly the San Francisco scene-and the evolution of contemporary political theater. It will also appeal to the legions of Troupe fans who return every year to see them stand up against another social or corporate Goliath.

Little Stevie Wonder

Author: Quincy Troupe
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618340606
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36

Book Description
A poem tribute to singer and composer Stevie Wonder, describing his musical talent, and cultural impact. Includes a CD with two songs.

The Truth about Dragons

Author: Thomas Kingsley Troupe
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1404857451
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 18

Book Description
Dragons have roared their way through popular fairy tales for many years. Have you ever wondered why dragons look the way they do, where they might hide, or how they scare their enemies? Journey through this book to find out the truth about dragons.