Acting in the night : Macbeth and the places of the Civil War /

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What can the performance of a single play on one specific night tell us about the world this event inhabited so briefly? Alexander Nemerov takes a performance of Macbeth in Washington, DC on October 17, 1863--with Abraham Lincoln in attendance--to explore this question and illuminate American art, p...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Nemerov, Alexander
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, ©2010.
Temas:
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616. > Macbeth.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Stage history > United States.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616
Shakespeare, William.
Macbeth (Shakespeare, William)
Macbeth.
1800 - 1899
Theater and society > Washington (D.C.) > History > 19th century.
Theater > Washington (D.C.) > History > 19th century.
Théâtre et société > Washington (D.C.) > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Théâtre > Washington (D.C.) > Histoire > 19e siècle.
PERFORMING ARTS > Theater > History & Criticism.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Social aspects
Social conditions
Theater
Theater and society
War and theater
Sezessionskrieg > 1861-1865
Aufführung
Burgeroorlogen.
Macbeth (Shakespeare)
Toneelvoorstellingen.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Theater and the war.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Social aspects.
Washington (D.C.) > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Social aspects.
Virginia > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Social aspects.
Washington (D.C.) > Social conditions > 19th century.
Virginia > Social conditions > 19th century.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) > Aspect social.
Washington (D.C.) > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) > Aspect social.
Virginie > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) > Aspect social.
Virginie > Conditions sociales > 19e siècle.
United States
Virginia
Washington (D.C.)
USA
Verenigde Staten.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: a drop that dyes the seas
  • A stone's throw : Charlotte Cushman
  • The flame of place : Abraham Lincoln
  • The glass case : interior life in Washington, D.C.
  • Acoustic shadows : the Battle of Bristoe Station
  • Center of echoes : Castle Murray, Fauquier County, Virginia
  • Ghosts : the death of Colonel Thomas Ruffin, October 17, 1863
  • Sound and fury : nature in Virginia.

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