Moving diorama in play
Subtitle: William Dunlap's comedy, A trip to Niagara (1828)
By: Dorothy B. Richardson.
Contributors: Dunlop, William, 1766-1839.
Publisher: Cambria Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Amherst, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781604976564
Subjects: Dunlop, William, -- 1766-1839; American drama (Comedy) -- History and criticism; Theater -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Diorama
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Dunlap's comedy; title: Trip's contemporaneity and context; title: The play's Anglo-American dynamic. Trip as bonding; title: Race and racism; title: Trip on stage; title: The coupling of scenography and script; title: The text and its author. William Dunlap (1766-1839); title: Dunlap the moralist and magician; title: Puffs for Dunlap's characters and the spirit of comedy.