Acting in the night
Subtitle: Macbeth and the places of the Civil War
By: Alexander Nemerov.
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780520251861
Subjects: Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616; Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 -- Stage history -- United States; Theater and society -- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- 19th century; Theater -- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- 19th century; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Theater and the war; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects; Washington (D.C.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects; Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects; Washington (D.C.) -- Social conditions -- 19th century; Virginia -- Social conditions -- 19th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: a drop that dyes the seas; title: A stone's throw : Charlotte Cushman; title: The flame of place : Abraham Lincoln; title: The glass case : interior life in Washington, D.C.; title: Acoustic shadows : the Battle of Bristoe Station; title: Center of echoes : Castle Murray, Fauquier County, Virginia; title: Ghosts : the death of Colonel Thomas Ruffin, October 17, 1863; title: Sound and fury : nature in Virginia.