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Melodramatic Formations : American Theatre and Society, 1820-1870 Studies in Theatre History and Culture
author
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McConachie, Bruce A.
publisher
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University of Iowa Press
isbn10 | asin
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0877453608
print isbn13
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9780877453604
ebook isbn13
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9781587291470
language
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English
subject
Theater--United States--History--19th century, Theater and society--United States, Melodrama, American--History and criticism, American drama--19th century--History and criticism.
publication date
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1992
lcc
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PN2248.M34 1992eb
ddc
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792/.0973/09034
subject
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Theater--United States--History--19th century, Theater and society--United States, Melodrama, American--History and criticism, American drama--19th century--History and criticism.
Page i
Melodramatic Formations
Page ii
STUDIES IN THEATRE HISTORY AND CULTURE
Edited by Thomas Postlewait
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Melodramatic Formations
American Theatre and Society, 18201870
By Bruce A. McConachie
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA PRESS IOWA CITY
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University of Iowa Press, Iowa City 52242 Copyright 1992 by the University of Iowa Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America
Design by Richard Hendel
No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, without permission in writing from the publisher.
Printed on acid-free paper
Library of Congress Cataloging-in Publication Data McConachie, Bruce A. Melodramatic formations: American theatre and society, 18201870 / by Bruce A. McConachie. 1st ed. p. cm.(Studies in theatre history and culture) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-87745-359-4, ISBN 0-87745-360-8 (pbk.) 1. TheaterUnited States History19th century. 2. Theater and society United States. 3. Melo drama, AmericanHistory and criticism. 4. American drama19th centuryHis tory and criticism. I. Title. II. Series. PN2248.M34 1992 91-44085 792'.0973'09034dc20 CIP
Part I The Waning Of Paternalistic Theatre For The Elite, 18201835
1
1 "A Spirit of Locomotiveness"
5
2 "Wert Thou Not Born in Fairy-land?"
29
Part II Theatre of Yeoman Independence for Jacksonians, 18301855
65
3 "The People's Verdict"
69
4 "Freedom! Revenge or Death!"
91
5 "The Earthquake! The Earthquake!"
119
Part III Business-Class Theatre for the Respectable, 18451870
157
6 "We Will Restore You to Society"
161
7 "How Her Blood Tells"
198
8 "Built to Endure"
231
Notes
259
Index
305
Page vii
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
One of the pleasant consequences of taking a long time to write a book is an increase in the number of people who helped make possible its publication. I have benefited from the financial aid, research assistance, and scholarly advice of numerous institutions and individuals, some of whose names I have probably overlooked in the listing which follows.
A National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship got me started several years ago on what I hoped would be a simple revision and extension of my dissertation from the University of Wisconsin. Several summer grants and a semester sabbatical from the College of William and Mary kept me going. A final semester leave paid for by the Commonwealth Center for the Study of American Culture allowed me to finish the project.
Along the way, librarians at several theatre collections, including those at the New York Public Library, Brown University, the Hoblitzelle in Austin, Texas, Columbia University, and the Harvard Theatre Collection, guided me to troves of documents, pictures, programs, and scripts. Deborah Taylor, Ilona Koren-Deutsch, Monica Maillot, Alexandra Michos, and other graduate students in American Studies at William and Mary and in the Interdisciplinary Theatre program at Northwestern University also assisted my research efforts. Before I learned to fumble at word processing, Linda Williams, Phyllis Leffler, and Deborah Buchman helped me to compile early chapters of the manuscript.
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