Index

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgements vi
4. Introduction: Critical Heritage 1
5. 1 Defining American ‘Drama’ 17
6. 2 European Forms 45
7. 3 Performance and Strife in Eighteenth-Century Theatre 75
8. 4 Politics and Plays in the Nineteenth Century 110
9. 5 ‘Modern’ American Theatre and the Twentieth Century 139
10. Notes 169
11. Bibliography 174
12. Index 197