A history of the American drama, from the beginning to the Civil war,
Quinn, Arthur Hobson, 1875-1960.
A history of the American drama, from the beginning to the Civil war, by Arthur Hobson Quinn ... - 2d ed. - New York, F.S. Crofts & Co., 1943. - xvi pages, 1 leaf, 530 pages 22 cm
"First printing, November, 1923." "A list of American plays": p. [423]-497.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [393]-421) and index.
VOL. 1 -- Preface; The drama and the theatre in the colonies; The drama of the Revolution; The coming of comedy; William Dunlap, Playwright and producer; Tragedy and politics, 1788-1805; James Nelson Barker and the native plays, 1805-1825; John Howard Payne and the foreign plays 1805-1825; From melodrama to tragedy; Robert Montgomery Bird and the rise of the romantic play; American history on the stage, 1825-1860; American comedy types, 1825-1860; George Henry Boker and the later romantic tragedy; The influence of Dion Boucicault; Bibliography; A list of American plays, 1665-1860; Index. VOL. 2 -- Preface; Augustin Daly, constructive artist of the theatre; Bronson Howard and the establishment of professional playwriting; William Dean Howells and the approach to realism; Harrigan, Hoyt, and the comedy of types; The drama of the frontier; James A. Herne and the realism of character; David Belasco and his associates; The Indian summer of romance; William Gillette and the realism of action; Augustus Thomas and the picture of American life; Clyde Fitch and the development of social comedy; William Vaughn Moody and the drama of revolt; Percy MacKaye and the drama as spectacle; Rachel Crothers and the feminine criticism of life; Mitchell, Williams and the later social comedy; Edward Sheldon, playwright of passion and aspiration; The height of melodrama; Comedy types again; The romance of the twentieth century; Changing conditions of the theatre; Eugene OĊeill, poet and mystic; The new realism of character; The drama of the provinces; The new decade-1927-1936; Bibliography; A list of American plays, 1860-1936; Index.
43011974
American drama--History and criticism.
American drama.
Teatro (Historia)
American drama History and criticism
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
PS332 / .Q5 1943
812.09
A history of the American drama, from the beginning to the Civil war, by Arthur Hobson Quinn ... - 2d ed. - New York, F.S. Crofts & Co., 1943. - xvi pages, 1 leaf, 530 pages 22 cm
"First printing, November, 1923." "A list of American plays": p. [423]-497.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [393]-421) and index.
VOL. 1 -- Preface; The drama and the theatre in the colonies; The drama of the Revolution; The coming of comedy; William Dunlap, Playwright and producer; Tragedy and politics, 1788-1805; James Nelson Barker and the native plays, 1805-1825; John Howard Payne and the foreign plays 1805-1825; From melodrama to tragedy; Robert Montgomery Bird and the rise of the romantic play; American history on the stage, 1825-1860; American comedy types, 1825-1860; George Henry Boker and the later romantic tragedy; The influence of Dion Boucicault; Bibliography; A list of American plays, 1665-1860; Index. VOL. 2 -- Preface; Augustin Daly, constructive artist of the theatre; Bronson Howard and the establishment of professional playwriting; William Dean Howells and the approach to realism; Harrigan, Hoyt, and the comedy of types; The drama of the frontier; James A. Herne and the realism of character; David Belasco and his associates; The Indian summer of romance; William Gillette and the realism of action; Augustus Thomas and the picture of American life; Clyde Fitch and the development of social comedy; William Vaughn Moody and the drama of revolt; Percy MacKaye and the drama as spectacle; Rachel Crothers and the feminine criticism of life; Mitchell, Williams and the later social comedy; Edward Sheldon, playwright of passion and aspiration; The height of melodrama; Comedy types again; The romance of the twentieth century; Changing conditions of the theatre; Eugene OĊeill, poet and mystic; The new realism of character; The drama of the provinces; The new decade-1927-1936; Bibliography; A list of American plays, 1860-1936; Index.
43011974
American drama--History and criticism.
American drama.
Teatro (Historia)
American drama History and criticism
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
PS332 / .Q5 1943
812.09