Early American Drama
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Overview
An anthology of eight American plays. Royal Tyler's, The Contrast: William Dunlap's, Andre: James Nelson Barker's, The Indian Princess: William Henry Smith's, The Drunkard: Anna Corra Mowatt's, Fashion: George L. Aitken's, Uncle Tom's Cabin: Dion Boucicault's, The Octoroon. With textual notes.Synopsis
This unique volume includes The Gladiator and seven other early dramas that mirror American literary, social, and cultural history: Royall Tyler's The Contrast (1787), a Sheridian satire about fashion-conscious New Yorkers; William Dunlap's Andre (1798); James Nelson Barker's telling of the Pocahontas story, the Indian Princess (1808); William Henry Smith's The Drunkard (1844); Anna Cora Mowatt's Fashion (1845), the most successful nineteenth-century play by a female American playwright; George L. Aiken's 1852 dramatization of Uncle Tom's Cabin; and The Octoroon (1859), Dion Boucicault's tragedy concerning a young woman doomed by her racial heritage.