The Theatre in America during the Revolution (Cambridge Studies in American Theatre and Drama)

ThisisacomprehensiveattempttoassembleallthatisknownoftheatreatthetimeofAmerica'spoliticalbirth.BecausemanyplaysperformedduringtheRevolutionwereoverrunwithpartisanpolitics,theywerenotalwaysaestheticallyenticing;yetthiswasoneoftheonlyhistoricalerasinwhichthetheatrewasusedbybothsidestohelpachievemilitaryandpoliticalobjectives.Whethermoralisticorsatirical,theplaysoftherevolutionofferuniqueinsightsintothesympathiesandfearsofbothloyalanddissidentparties,andsoserveasatellingdocumentofasociallyturbulentage.Brown'sextensiveresearchcoheresintoaninvaluabletheatricalandhistoricalchroniclewhichshouldproveausefulresourceforthoseworkinginthefield.