Early American dramatists : from the beginnings to 1900 / Jack A. Vaughn.
Material type: TextSeries: World dramatistsPublication details: New York : Ungar, c1981.Description: 200 p. : ill. ; 21 cmISBN:- 0804429405 :
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- PS341 .V39
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Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 189-193.
WAR, NEWBERY,
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.