Theatre, Culture and Temperance Reform in Nineteenth-Century America
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- Author: John W. Frick, University of Virginia
- Date Published: August 2008
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- isbn: 9780521072205
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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.
Read more- First examination of the temperance movement and its wide-reaching influence on theatre in America
- Also explores its counterparts in temperance theatre in Victorian Britain
- Includes valuable and informative illustrations and appendix
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- Date Published: August 2008
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521072205
- length: 272 pages
- dimensions: 229 x 152 x 16 mm
- weight: 0.4kg
- contains: 19 b/w illus.
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
List of figures
Acknowledgements
Introduction: A complex causality of neglect
1. 'He drank from the poisoned cup': temperance reform in nineteenth-century America
2. 'Nine-tenths of all kindness …': literature, the theatre, and the spirit of reform
3. 'Every odium within one word': early American temperance drama and British prototypes
4. Reform comes to Broadway: temperance on America's mainstream stages
5. 'In the halls': Temperance entertainments following the Civil War
6. Epilogue: 'Theatrical 'Dry Rot'?': or what price the anti-saloon league?
Appendix: nineteenth-century temperance plays
Notes
Bibliography
Index.
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