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Download or read book Theatre in the United States: Volume 1, 1750-1915: Theatre in the Colonies and the United States written by Barry B. Witham and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1996-02-23 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first of two volumes of documents that describe the growth and development of theater in the United States. This book goes from the beginnings of theater in the North American colonies up to the First World War. It is organized in three chronological sections, each with its own introduction, documents and commentary, arranged into chapters on business practice, acting, theater buildings, drama, design, and audience behavior. Written sources include records of business transactions, letters, newspaper reports, reviews, memoirs and architectural descriptions. There are also numerous pictorial items. Volume 2, scheduled for publication in late 1996, covers the period from 1915 to the present.