On Stage, America!: A Selection of Distinctly American Plays

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Walter J. Meserve
Feedback Theatrebooks & Prospero Press, 1996 - Drama - 563 pages
Fancies and follies may change with the times, but the best plays of a nation can bring a unique understanding of the culture and concerns of its people. These dozen American plays -- among the finest and most popular from Revolutionary times to World War I -- clearly illustrate the entertainment that America's theatre-going public most enjoyed. -- From publisher's description.

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Metamora
48
The StageStruck Yankee
90
Fashion
108
Copyright

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