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Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 1 1 Browse Search
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Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Book III (continued) (search)
the genial depths of a flexible workman, who could find it as easy to shape a drama for Laura Keene as to re-fashion Charles Burke's version of Washington Irving's Rip Van Winkle for presentation by Jefferson (London, Adelphi, 4 September, 1865). One would say of Boucicault, as one would claim of John Brougham, that his local influence was due to local popularity rather than to any impetus he gave to native drama. While Brougham's Po-ca-hon-tas; or, the gentle savage (Burton's Lyceum, 24 December, 1855) and his Columbus et Filibustero (Burton's Lyceum, December, 1857) exhibited the good-nature of his irony; while his dramatizations of Dickens's David Copperfield and Dombey and son were in accord with the popular taste that hailed W. E. Burton's Cap'n Cuttle —these dramatic products were exotic to the American drama, while reflecting the fashion of the American stage. Yet nothing Boucicault enjoyed better than to descant on the future of the American stage. Like Palmer, like Daly,