Acting out antiquity: representations of the Classical world in early American Theatre, 1732-1831

Acting out antiquity: representations of the Classical world in early American Theatre, 1732-1831

This thesis explores how the ancient world was represented on the American stage from 1732 to 1831. These two years mark the first recorded instance in which the ancient world was depicted on an Anglophone American stage in 1732, and the eventual premiere of what would become the first American-writ...

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Main Author: Fisher, Gary F.
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2020
Subjects:
theatre classical reception early America drama classics United States new world
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/61332/

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