Drama, Theatre, and Identity in the American New Republic (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521066686)

Jeffrey Richards examines a variety of phenomena connected to the stage, including closet Revolutionary political plays, British drama on American boards, American-authored stage plays, and poetry and fiction by early Republican writers. American theatre is viewed by Richards as a transatlantic hybrid in which British theatrical traditions provide material and templates by which Americans express themselves and their relationship to others. Through intensive analysis of plays, this book confronts matters of political, ethnic, and cultural identity by moving from play text to theatrical context and from historical event to audience demography.

Author: Jeffrey H. Richards
ISBN-10: 0521066689
ISBN-13: 9780521066686
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 06/19/2008
Pages: 408
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.31lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.91d