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Published by Methuen, London, 1982, softcover, illustrated, index, 318 pages, condition: very good.
This book is a panoramic saga of a fascinating institution, abounding in anecdotes about the stars and the theatre and describing the whole process of presenting a revue, with all the human, technical and financial problems).... It is both theatrical and social history, a story of changing - and unchanging - fashions and approaches to female beauty, eroticism and glamour, and an evocation of an institution which has become Paris's greatest tourist attraction, its spectacle, music and splendour still thrilling capacity audiences every night.
The Folies Bergère is a cabaret music hall in Paris, France. Located at 32 Rue Richer in the 9th Arrondissement, the Folies Bergère was built as an opera house by the architect Plumeret. It opened on 2 May 1869 as the Folies Trévise, with light entertainment including operettas, comic opera, popular songs, and gymnastics. It became the Folies Bergère on 13 September 1872, named after nearby Rue Bergère. The house was at the height of its fame and popularity from the 1890s' Belle Époque through the 1920s.
Revues featured extravagant costumes, sets and effects, and often nude women. In 1926, Josephine Baker, an African-American expatriate singer, dancer and entertainer, caused a sensation at the Folies Bergère by dancing in a costume consisting of jewelry and a bikini bottom with rubber bananas attached.
The institution is still in business, and is still a strong symbol of French and Parisian life.
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