The Montgomery Theatre 1822 1835

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The Montgomery Theatre 1822 1835

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Author : Henry Welch Adams
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1946

The Montgomery Theatre 1822 1835 written by Henry Welch Adams and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1946 with Social sciences categories.

The Montgomery Theatre 1822 1835

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Author : Henry Welch Adams
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1955

The Montgomery Theatre 1822 1835 written by Henry Welch Adams and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1955 with Theater categories.

Yankee Theatre

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Author : Francis Hodge
language : en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date : 2014-04-15

Yankee Theatre written by Francis Hodge and has been published by University of Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-15 with Performing Arts categories.

The famous "Stage Yankees," with their eccentric New England dialect comedy, entertained audiences from Boston to New Orleans, from New York to London in the years between 1825 and 1850. They provided the creative energy for the development of an American-type character in early plays of native authorship. This book examines the full range of their theatre activity, not only as actors, but also as playmakers, and re-evaluates their contribution to the growth of the American stage. Yankee theatre was not an oddity, a passing fad, or an accident of entertainment; it was an honest exploitation of the materials of American life for an audience in search of its own identification. The delineation of the American character—a full-length realistic portrait in the context of stage comedy—was its projected goal; and though not the only method for such delineation, the theatre form was the most popular and extensive way of disseminating the American image. The Yankee actors openly borrowed from what literary sources were available to them, but because of their special position as actors, who were required to give flesh-and-blood imitations of people for the believable acceptance of others viewing the same people about them, they were forced to draw extensively on their actors' imaginations and to present the American as they saw him. If the image was too often an external one, it still revealed the Yankee as a hardy individual whose independence was a primary assumption; as a bargainer, whose techniques were more clever than England's sharpest penny-pincher; as a country person, more intelligent, sharper and keener in dealings than the city-bred type; as an American freewheeler who always landed on top, not out of naive honesty but out of a simple perception of other human beings and their gullibility. Much new evidence in this study is based on London productions, where the view of English audiences and critics was sharply focused on what Americans thought about themselves and the new culture of democracy emerging around them. The shift from America, the borrower, to America, the original doer, can be clearly seen in this stager activity. Yankee theatre, then, is an epitome of the emerging American after the Second War for Independence. Emerging nationalism meant emerging national definition. Yankee theatre thus led to the first cohesive body of American plays, the first American actors seen in London, and to a new realistic interpretation of the American in the "character" plays of the 1870s and 1880s.

Demons Of Disorder

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Author : Dale Cockrell
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1997-07-28

Demons Of Disorder written by Dale Cockrell and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-07-28 with Drama categories.

A study of blackface minstrels in the first half of the nineteenth century.

America S Musical Stage

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Author : Julian Mates
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 1987-08-14

America S Musical Stage written by Julian Mates and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987-08-14 with Music categories.

"[This book is] a comprehensive illustrated history of the U.S. musical from its colonial origins to the present, tracing the connections and influences of the minstrel show, operetta, burlesque, melodrama, revues, circus, dance, musical comedy, the Broadway opera, the book musical and other forms. . . . Further, Mates introduces readers to inside stuff--the various types of musical performers." Variety Mates shows the musical stage in all its guises--from burlesque to musical comedy to grand opera--from its beginnings in pre-Revolutionary America to the present day. He deals sensitively with the recurrent aesthetic question of popular versus highbrow art and also looks at critical reactions to popular theatrical forms of musical entertainment. He introduces the reader to various types of theatrical companies, the changing repertory, and the many kinds of musical performers who have animated the stage. Mates focuses on the creative relationships between the different forms of opera, the minstrel show and circus, melodrama and dance, burlesque, revue, vaudeville, and musical comedy.

The Works Of Matthew Blue

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Author : Matthew Powers Blue
language : en
Publisher: NewSouth Books
Release Date : 2010-01-01

The Works Of Matthew Blue written by Matthew Powers Blue and has been published by NewSouth Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-01-01 with History categories.

Winner of the Clinton Jackson Coley Award The 1878 City Directory of Montgomery, Alabama, included "A Brief History of Montgomery," consisting of a "narrative" and a series of events arranged by the months. Compiled by Matthew Powers Blue, this was the earliest history of a place that already served as the center of Deep South cotton culture and as the first capital of the Confederacy. Contemporary historian Mary Ann Neeley has annotated Blue's history to correct errors and clear up inconsistencies, and added other material on early churches, a genealogy of the colorful Blue family, and a Civil War diary by Blue's sister, Ellen. The book also includes many 19th century photographs.

Thomas Hamblin And The Bowery Theatre

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Author : Thomas A. Bogar
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2017-12-11

Thomas Hamblin And The Bowery Theatre written by Thomas A. Bogar and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-12-11 with Performing Arts categories.

This book recounts the personal and professional life of Thomas Souness Hamblin (1800-1853), Shakespearean actor and Bowery Theatre manager. Primarily responsible for the popularity of “blood and thunder” melodramas with working class audiences in New York City, Hamblin discovered, trained and promoted many young actors and, especially, actresses who later became famous in their own right. He also epitomized the “sporting man” of mid-nineteenth century life, conducting a scandalous series of affairs and visits to Manhattan brothels, which cost him his marriage to Elizabeth Blanchard Hamblin (1799-1849) and made him the brunt of moralist, religious and journalistic crusades, notably that of James Gordon Bennett’s New York Herald. His machinations and perseverance through trying challenges, including several destructions of the Bowery Theatre by fire, extensive financial and legal complications, and the untimely deaths of several young protégées, earned him equal measures of admiration and opprobrium.

Respectable And Disreputable

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Author : Jeffrey C. Benton
language : en
Publisher: NewSouth Books
Release Date : 2013-01-01

Respectable And Disreputable written by Jeffrey C. Benton and has been published by NewSouth Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-01 with History categories.

Respectable and Disreputable describes how Montgomerians spent their increasing leisure time during the four decades preceding the Civil War. Everyday activities included gambling, drinking, sporting, hunting, and voluntary associations--military, literary, self-improvement, fraternal, and civic. The book also includes seasonal activities--religious and national holidays, fairs, balls, horse racing, and summering at mineral springs. Commercial entertainment, which became more prominent in the late antebellum period, included theater, opera, circuses, and minstrel shows. Historian Jeffrey Benton describes not only those everyday, seasonal, and commercial activities, but also shows how antebellum society debated the moral and philosophical questions of how leisure time should be spent. Woven throughout the book are comparisons between Montgomery and other cities and towns in antebellum America. Although the United States may have been increasingly divided economically, on rural-urban experiences, and of course on the issue of slavery, it seems that antebellum Americans--at least those living in or with easy access to urban areas--shared very similar leisure time activities.

A Literary History Of Alabama

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Author : Benjamin Buford Williams
language : en
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
Release Date : 1979

A Literary History Of Alabama written by Benjamin Buford Williams and has been published by Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with Alabama categories.

A biographical, bibliographical, generic, critical, and chronological survey of nineteenth-century Alabama authors. Presents a vivid picture of life in the South in 19th-century America.

Catalog Of The Theatre And Drama Collections Theatre Collection Books On The Theatre 9 V

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Author : New York Public Library. Research Libraries
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1967

Catalog Of The Theatre And Drama Collections Theatre Collection Books On The Theatre 9 V written by New York Public Library. Research Libraries and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1967 with Drama categories.