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Yankee theatre: the image of America on the stage, 1825-1850

Francis Hodge
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  • Contents

  • Reviews

  • Frontmatter
  • Acknowledgments (page vii)
  • Prologue (page 3)
  • Part I: The Background
    • 1. The English Traveler's View of American Life and Theatre (page 11)
    • 2. America's Self-Examination: A Changing Culture, the Stage, and a New Audience (page 28)
    • 3. The Yankee as a Symbol of American Life (page 41)
    • 4. Actor Inspiration: Charles Mathews and Satire on America (page 60)
  • Part II: Borrowing and Innovation
    • 5. James H. Hackett: The First Native Yankee in London (page 81)
    • 6. Hackett Learns the Trade, 1828-1832 (page 101)
    • 7. Hackett's Second London Tour, 1832-1833 (page 124)
    • 8. Hackett Expands the Repertoire (page 138)
  • Part III: Flowering and Climax
    • 9. Yankee Hill: From Storyteller to Stock Actor to Star (page 155)
    • 10. Hill's Search for Individuality: Building the Repertoire (page 168)
    • 11. Yankee Hill in London (page 189)
    • 12. After London: Hill's Success and Decline (page 202)
  • Part IV: Change and Decline
    • 13. Dan Marble and the Western Hybrid (page 221)
    • 14. Joshua Silsbee: A "Go-Ahead" American (page 240)
  • Epilogue (page 255)
  • Appendixes
    • A: A Note on Yankee-Theatre Stage Speech (page 267)
    • B: David Humphreys' Glossary of Yankee Words (page 270)
  • Bibliography A Note on Sources (page 273)
  • Index (page 297)
Reviews
Journal AbbreviationLabelURL
AL 37.2 (May 1965): 214 http://www.jstor.org/stable/2922999
ETJ 18.1 (Mar. 1966): 81-82 http://www.jstor.org/stable/3205126
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Published: c1964
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN(s)
  • 9780292761544 (ebook)
Subject
  • Communications
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