The theatre in America during the Revolution / Jared Brown.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brown, Jared, author.

Series:

Cambridge studies in American theatre and drama ; 4.

Cambridge studies in American theatre and drama ; 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theater--United States--History--18th century.

Theater.

United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Literature and the revolution.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 229 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780511887932

0511887930

9781139085939

113908593X

9780511527203

0511527209

Publisher Number:

2027/heb07643 hdl