Download or read book London in a Box written by Odai Johnson and published by University of Iowa Press. This book was released on 2017-05-15 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2017 Theatre Library Association Freedley Award Finalist In this remarkable feat of historical research, Odai Johnson pieces together the surviving fragments of the story of the first professional theatre troupe based in the British North American colonies. In doing so, he tells the story of how colonial elites came to decide they would no longer style themselves British gentlemen, but instead American citizens. London in a Box chronicles the enterprise of David Douglass, founder and manager of the American Theatre, from the 1750s to the climactic 1770s. How he built this network of patrons and theatres and how it all went up in flames as the revolution began is the subject of this witty history. A treat for anyone interested in the world of the American Revolution and an important study for historians of the period.
Download or read book The Theatre in America During the Revolution written by Jared Brown and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1995-11-24 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A chronicle of American and British theatre during the American Revolution.
Download or read book History of the American Theatre During the Revolution and After written by George O. Seilhamer and published by Ardent Media. This book was released on 1968 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History of the American Theatre During the revolution and after 1774 1792 written by George Oberkirsh Seilhamer and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History of the American Theatre During the Revolution and After 1889 written by George Overcash Seilhamer and published by . This book was released on 2009-06 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
Download or read book Occupied America written by Donald F. Johnson and published by Early American Studies. This book was released on 2020 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Occupied America, Donald F. Johnson chronicles the everyday lives of ordinary people living under British military occupation during the American Revolution. Focusing on port cities, Johnson recovers how Americans navigated dire hardships, balanced competing attempts to secure their loyalty, and in the end rejected restored royal rule.
Download or read book History of the American Theatre During the revolution and after written by George Oberkirsh Seilhamer and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History of the American Theatre Before the revolution 1749 1774 written by George Oberkirsh Seilhamer and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History of the American Theatre During the Revolution and after 1774 1792 written by George Oberkirsh Seilhamer and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History of the American Theatre written by George O. Seilhamer and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Early American Theatre from the Revolution to Thomas Jefferson written by Heather S. Nathans and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2003-07-17 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 2003 book examines the growth and influence of the theatre in the development of the young American Republic.
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Download or read book History of the American Theatre During the revolution and after 1774 1792 written by George Oberkirsh Seilhamer and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book London in a Box written by Odai Johnson and published by University of Iowa Press. This book was released on 2017-05-15 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2017 Theatre Library Association Freedley Award Finalist If one went looking for the tipping point in the prelude to the American Revolution, it would not be the destruction of the tea in Boston Harbor, or the blockade of Boston by British warships, or even the gathering of the first Continental Congress; rather, it was the Congress’s decision in late October of 1774 to close the theatres. In this remarkable feat of historical research, Odai Johnson pieces together the surviving fragments of the story of the first professional theatre troupe based in the British North American colonies. In doing so, he tells the story of how colonial elites came to decide they would no longer style themselves British gentlemen, but instead American citizens. London in a Box chronicles the enterprise of David Douglass, founder and manager of the American Theatre, from the 1750s to the climactic 1770s. The ambitious Scotsman’s business was teaching provincial colonials to dress and behave as genteel British subjects. Through the plays he staged, the scenery and costumes, and the bearing of his actors, he displayed London fashion and London manners. He counted among his patrons the most influential men in America, from British generals and governors to local leaders, including the avid theatre-goers George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. By 1774, Douglass operated a monopoly of theatres in six colonies and the Anglophone Caribbean, from Jamaica to Charleston and northward to New York City. (Boston remained an impregnable redoubt against theatre.) How he built this network of patrons and theatres and how it all went up in flames as the revolution began is the subject of this witty history. A treat for anyone interested in the world of the American Revolution and an important study for historians of the period.
