A History of the American Theatre from Its Origins to 1832

The genesis of the American theatre as told by one of its founding fathers

Dunlap, William

Humor & Entertainment

University of Illinois Press

<p>As America passed from a mere venue for English plays into a country with its own nationally regarded playwrights, William Dunlap lived the life of a pioneer on the frontier of the fledgling American theatre, full of adventures, mishaps, and close calls. He adapted and translated plays for the American audience and wrote plays of his own as well, learning how theatres and theatre companies operated from the inside out. Dunlap's masterpiece, A History of American Theatre was the first of its kind, drawing on the author's own experiences. In it, he describes the development of theatre in New York, Philadelphia, and South Carolina as well as Congress's first attempts at theatrical censorship. Never before previously indexed, this edition also includes a new introduction by Tice L. Miller. William Dunlap (1766-1839) was a playwright, adapter, and producer. He was a partner in William Hallam's American Company-the first theatrical company in the United States-and a founder of the National Academy of Design. Tice L. Miller is a professor of theatre arts at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Guide to American Theatre.</p>

History of the Rise and Progress of the Arts of Design in the United States

Arts & Photography

History & Criticism

Ayer Co. Pub

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Memoirs Of A Water Drinker V1

Religion & Spirituality

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Memoirs of Charles Brockden Brown: The American Novelist, with Selections from His Original Letters and Miscellaneous Writings (1822)

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Kessinger Publishing

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History of the Rise and Progress of the Arts of Design in the United States (Notable American Authors Series)

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History Of The New Netherlands (Notable American Authors)

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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1840. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... MISCELLANEOUS MATTER.* I Have given the unsuccessful negotiations of Governour Stuyvesant to prevent the New England encroachments in the settlement of Westchester; but the Dutch did not confine their efforts to self-preservation (or at least preservation of their territory) to mere negotiation--they resisted the intruders, and at length carried off twenty-three persons to Fort Amsterdam, and there held them prisoners. They were, however, dismissed by the governour, on submitting to his jurisdiction, or removing. When Nicolls arrived at Westchester, they complained to him; but were, of course, adjudged to belong to New York. At this period, Carr and Cartwright, took possession of Albany for Nicolls, and concluded a treaty with certain chiefs of the Mohawks and Senecas, by which it was stipulated, that the English should furnish to the Iroquois, all such articles as the Dutch had done; and should punish any Englishman who behaved ill to the Indians, they agreeing to do the same by their people. The English commanders likewise agreed, to conclude a peace for the Iroquois with the Indians on the river and on Manhattan Island. Of the changes that have taken place on our shores by the influence of the sea, most people arc aware. his stated, that " Coney Island proper," lay at the entrance of the Narrows, and was separated from the Island now called by that name, a channel intervening. Who shall say, that when Verrazzano entered within Sandy Hook, he did not find in Amboy Bay, five small islands? It is certain that Nutten, or Govcrnour's Island, was almost within the memory of man, part of Long Island, insomuch that at low water the * The author had collected a great mass of materials for his work, which could not properly be introduced as part of the text, but yet we...

History of the New Netherlands, Province of New York, and State of New York, to the Adoption of the Federal Constitution

Burt Franklin

Memoirs of Charles Brockden Brown: The American Novelist, Author of Wieland, Ormond, Arthur Mervyn &

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Memoirs of Charles Brockden Brown: The American Novelist, Author of Wieland, Ormond, Arthur Mervyn

<p>As outspoken in his day as Richard Dawkins or Christopher Hitchens are today, American freethinker and author ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL (1833-1899) was a notorious radical whose uncompromising views on religion and slavery (they were bad, in his opinion), women's suffrage (a good idea, he believed), and other contentious matters of his era made him a wildly popular orator and critic of 19th-century American culture and public life. As a speaker dedicated to expanding intellectual horizons and celebrating the value of skepticism, Ingersoll spoke frequently on such topics as atheism, freedom from the pressures of conformity, and the lives of philosophers who espoused such concepts. This collection of his most famous speeches includes the lectures: [ "The Gods" (1872) [ "Humboldt" (1869) [ "Thomas Paine" (1870) [ "Individuality" (1873) [ "Heretics and Heresies" (1874)</p>

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