Yankee Theatre : : The Image of America on the Stage, 1825–1850 / / Francis Hodge.
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 n...
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| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Acknowledgments
- Contents
- Prologue
- Part I. The Background
- 1. The English Traveler's View of American Life and Theatre
- 2. America's Self-Examination: A Changing Culture, the Stage, and a New Audience
- 3. The Yankee as a Symbol of American Life
- 4. Actor Inspiration: Charles Mathews and Satire on America
- Part II. Borrowing and Innovation
- 5. James H. Hackett: The First Native Yankee in London
- 6. Hackett Learns the Trade, 1828-1832
- 7. Hackett's Second London Tour, 1832-1833
- 8. Hackett Expands the Repertoire
- Part 3. Flowering and Climax
- 9. Yankee Hill: From Storyteller to Stock Actor to Star
- 10. Hill's Search for Individuality: Building the Repertoire
- 11. Yankee Hill in London
- 12. After London: Hill's Success and Decline
- Part 4. Change and Decline
- 13. Dan Marble and the Western Hybrid
- 14. Joshua Silsbee: A "Go-Ahead" American
- Epilogue
- Appendixes
- Bibliography And Index