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Early American dramatists : from the beginnings to 1900 / Jack A. Vaughn.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: World dramatistsPublication details: New York : Ungar, c1981.Description: 200 p. : ill. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 0804429405 :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 812/.009 19
LOC classification:
  • PS341 .V39
Contents:
GENESIS -- The Colonial period -- America's first tragedy -- Dramatists of the Revolution -- AMERICA'S FIRST COMEDY -- Royall Tyler -- The Contrast -- WILLIAM DUNLAP -- "Father of the American drama" -- Andrie -- A Trip to Niagara -- DUNLAP'S CONTEMPORARIES -- John Daly Burk -- Mordecai Manuel Noah -- James Nelson Barker -- ENTER THE ACTOR-DRAMATIST -- John Howard Payne -- Anna Cora -- Mowatt Ritchie -- THE ROMANTIC MOVEMENT -- Robert Montgomery Bird -- George Henry Boker -- DION BOUCICAULT : MASTER OF MELODRAMA -- The Octroon -- THE MOVE TOWARD REALISM -- Augustin Daly -- Bronson Howard -- REALISM ACHIEVED -- David Belasco -- James A. Herne.
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Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 189-193.

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GENESIS -- The Colonial period -- America's first tragedy -- Dramatists of the Revolution -- AMERICA'S FIRST COMEDY -- Royall Tyler -- The Contrast -- WILLIAM DUNLAP -- "Father of the American drama" -- Andrie -- A Trip to Niagara -- DUNLAP'S CONTEMPORARIES -- John Daly Burk -- Mordecai Manuel Noah -- James Nelson Barker -- ENTER THE ACTOR-DRAMATIST -- John Howard Payne -- Anna Cora -- Mowatt Ritchie -- THE ROMANTIC MOVEMENT -- Robert Montgomery Bird -- George Henry Boker -- DION BOUCICAULT : MASTER OF MELODRAMA -- The Octroon -- THE MOVE TOWARD REALISM -- Augustin Daly -- Bronson Howard -- REALISM ACHIEVED -- David Belasco -- James A. Herne.