The American Playhouse in the Eighteenth Century

Published by Harvard University Press 2013

Brooks McNamara

Frontmatter Accessible Download PDF	i
Preface Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	ix
Contents Accessible Download PDF	xiii
Introduction Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	1
I. The Amateur Period Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	6
II. Professional Beginnings Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	28
III. The rise of David Douglass Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	46
IV. The Southwark and John Street Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	52
V. Town and country theaters after the Revolution Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	70
VI. The Theaters of Thomas Wade West Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	84
VII. Chestnut Street, Federal Street, and the Haymarket Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	104
VIII. The Park and The proposed Richmond Theater Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	132
Notes Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	157
Index Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	171

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Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Edition: Reprint 2014
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Front matter: 18
- Main content: 174
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 53
- Other: 53 halftones
Keywords: Theater architecture -- United States.; Theater -- United States -- History.

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