Acting out antiquity: representations of the Classical world in early American Theatre, 1732-1831Tools Fisher, Gary F. (2020) Acting out antiquity: representations of the Classical world in early American Theatre, 1732-1831. PhD thesis, University of Nottingham.
AbstractThis thesis explores how the ancient world was represented on the American stage from 1732 to 1831. These two years mark the first recorded instance in which the ancient world was depicted on an Anglophone American stage in 1732, and the eventual premiere of what would become the first American-written play representing the classical world to experience runaway success in 1831. Prior studies in the American tradition of acting out antiquity have relied primarily on case studies and close readings as investigative tools. This thesis examines the period holistically, examining how Americans engaged with antiquity on stage from that first performance of Joseph Addison’s Cato, A Tragedy (1713) in 1732 to the release of Robert Montgomery Bird’s The Gladiator (1831).
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