19th Century Theater
Submitted by dgoswalt on September 7, 2009
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19th Century Theater
There are several notable topics in the “Introduction†of Richard’s Drama, Theatre, and Identity in the American New Republic and Ackerman’s chapter, “Setting the Stage: Representing Nineteenth-Century American Theater.â€
The first and most notable topic is the rise and development of the truly American play. Richards says that before and after the Revolutionary War, Americans tended to “almost exclusively†encounter “British fare†(2). He goes on to contend that even when a play was “native,†its construction followed the British model and was often based on a “British text†(3). One...
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