Drama, Theatre, and Identity in the American New Republic

by Jeffrey Richards

Drama, Theatre, and Identity in the American New Republic investigates the way in which theatre both reflects and shapes the question of identity in post-revolutionary American culture. In this 2005 book 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052184746X
• ISBN13: 9780521847469
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 406 Pages
• Weight: 1.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 7.0" x 9.2"