UID:
edocfu_9960119393402883
Format:
1 online resource (ix, 229 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
0-511-88793-0
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1-139-08593-X
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0-511-52720-9
Series Statement:
Cambridge studies in American theatre and drama ; 4
Content:
This is a comprehensive attempt to assemble all that is known of theatre at the time of America's political birth. Because many plays performed during the Revolution were overrun with partisan politics, they were not always aesthetically enticing; yet this was one of the only historical eras in which the theatre was used by both sides to help achieve military and political objectives. Whether moralistic or satirical, the plays of the revolution offer unique insights into the sympathies and fears of both loyal and dissident parties, and so serve as a telling document of a socially turbulent age. Brown's extensive research coheres into an invaluable theatrical and historical chronicle which should prove a useful resource for those working in the field.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Prologue -- Setting the stage: Before the Revolution -- 1 The Drama of the Approaching Revolution -- 2 British Military Theatre, 1775-1777 -- Boston, 1775-1776 -- New York, 1777 -- 3 Miscellaneous Diversions: Philadelphia, 1778 -- The Theatre -- The Meschianza -- 4 American Military Theatre and "Entertainments," 1778 -- Valley Forge -- Philadelphia -- Portsmouth -- Setting the stage: Britain Ascendant -- 5 The Drama of the Revolution -- 6 British Military Theatre, 1778-1779 -- New York, 1778 -- New York, 1779 -- 7 British Military Theatre, 1779-1782 -- Staunton, 1779 -- Savannah, 1781 -- New York, 1779-1780 -- New York, 1780-1781 -- New York, 1782 -- Setting the stage: America Ascendant -- 8 American Plays and Amusements, 1780-1782 -- Reading, 1781 -- Philadelphia, 1780-1782: The Theatre -- Philadelphia, 1782: The Dauphinade -- John Henry -- Setting the Stage: America Triumphant -- 9 American Professional Theatre, 1781-1783 -- Baltimore and Annapolis, 1781 and 1782 -- Baltimore and Annapolis, 1782-1783 -- New York, 1782-1783 -- Epilogue -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-03382-9
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-49537-7
Language:
English
