Early American Theatre from the Revolution to Thomas Jefferson
Subtitle: Into the Hands of the People (Cambridge Studies in American Theatre and Drama)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: January 15, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 258
ISBN-13: 9780521035477
Subjects: History of specific subjects; Theatre, drama; c 1700 to c 1800; Performing Arts; Performing Arts/Dance; USA; Theater - History & Criticism; Performing Arts / Theater / General; Performing Arts / Theater / History & Criticism; Theater - General
First sentence: POST-WAR DISPUTES OVER THE THEATER IN BOSTON, NEW YORK, and Philadelphia reflected larger political, cultural, and financial debates playing out in the new nation, but the theater debates did not spring into being full-blown with the Treaty of Paris.