Theatre, Culture and Temperance Reform in Nineteenth-Century America

ISBN-13: 9780521072205 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 272 str.

Jr. John W. Frick

Opis

John Frick examines the role of temperance drama in the overall scheme of American nineteenth-century theatre, using examples from mainstream productions and amateur theatricals. Nineteenth-century America witnessed a major movement against alcohol consumption when the temperance cause became one of national concern. As part of the temperance movement, a new genre of theatrical literature and performance developed, professional as well as amateur, to help publicize its beliefs. Frick also compares the American genre to its British counterpart.