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Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 1, Colonial and Revolutionary Literature: Early National Literature: Part I (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 6 0 Browse Search
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Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 1, Colonial and Revolutionary Literature: Early National Literature: Part I (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Chapter 2: the early drama, 1756-1860 (search)
e doubt that when F. J. Chanfrau made his great success in A Glance at New York in 1848, the public had been prepared to enjoy the type of play he furnished. The story of the building of this play is an interesting one. It was written by Benjamin A. Baker, the prompter at the Olympic Theatre, who when Mitchell, the manager, had refused to produce it, insisted on its production at his own benefit and had the satisfaction of witnessing the tumultuous reception that Chanfrau received in the parman. Chanfrau had made a number of imitations of firemen before on the stage, and the play was, therefore, a growth. It is melodramatic, but there is a reality about the scenes in the dives and streets that points forward rather than backward. Baker continued in New York as it is (1848) to exploit Mose, and the interest in that form of play was capitalized immediately by other writers and actors. Philadelphia as it is appeared in 1849, and in Boston George Campbell produced in 1848 a local
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 1, Colonial and Revolutionary Literature: Early National Literature: Part I (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Index. (search)
thur Mervyn, 288, 290 Articles of Confederation, 145 Ashe, Thomas, 190, 191, 206, 213 Association, The (1775), 135, 136 Astor, John Jacob, 194, 209, 210 Astoria, 194, 209, 210 Asylum, the, 292 Atala, 212 Audubon, 189 Aurelian, 324 Autobiography (David Crockett), 319 Autobiography (Franklin), 91, 94 n., 161 Autumnal reflections, 238 B Backwoodsman, the, 238-239, 279 Bacon, Lord, 82, I 10, I 16 Bacon, Nathaniel, 24, 150 Bailey, John J., 224 Baker, Benjamin A., 229 Ballad of reading gaol, the, 264 Baltimore Company, 218 Baltimore Company, Lord, 18 Bancroft, George, 332 Banks, Joseph, 91, 193 Barbe-Marbois, Marquis de, 201 Barclay, Robert, I16 Barker, James N., 220, 224, 225, 227 Barlow, Joel, 164, 169-171, 174, 261 Barnard, John, 156 Barnes, 221 Barrett, Lawrence, 223 Barrow, Robert, 8 Bartram, John, 194-195, 201 Bartram, William, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191,192, 194, 195-198,212,213 Batchelor's Hall,