Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface vii
3. Contents ix
4. Illustrations xi
5. Introduction 1
6. 1 Cabaret as Metropolitan Montage 10
7. 2 Between Elitism and Entertainment: Wolzogen's Motley Theater 36
8. 3 From Artistic Parody to Theatrical Renewal: Reinhardt's Sound and Smoke 62
9. 4 Cosmopolitan Diversions, Metropolitan Identities 85
10. 5 Political Satire in the Early Weimar Republic 118
11. 6 The Weimar Revue 154
12. 7 Political Cabaret at the End of the Republic 187
13. 8 Cabaret under National Socialism 228
14. Epilogue: Cabaret in Concentration Camps 258
15. Notes 285
16. Index 317