Historical Dictionary of American Theater: Beginnings

by James Fisher

Book Overview

Historical Dictionary of American Theater: Beginnings covers the history of theater as well as the literature of America from 1538 to 1880. The years covered by this volume features the rise of the popular stage in American during the colonial era and the first century of the United States of America, with an emphasis on its practitioners, including such figures as Lewis Hallam, David Douglass, Mercy Otis Warren, Edwin Forrest, Charlotte Cushman,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810878321
• ISBN13: 9780810878327
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 570 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"