Thomas Hamblin and the Bowery Theatre The New York Reign of "Blood and Thunder" Melodramas /

This book recounts the personal and professional life of Thomas Souness Hamblin (1800-1853), Shakespearean actor and Bowery Theatre manager. Primarily responsible for the popularity of "blood and thunder" melodramas with working class audiences in New York City, Hamblin discovered, trained...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bogar, Thomas A. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2018.
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
Series:Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History
Subjects:
Theater-History.
Performing arts.
Theater.
Actors.
ISBN:9783319684062
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. "He is yet very young, both in years and practice" (1800-25)
  • 2. "Let those who view this sad example know/ What fate attends the broken marriage vow" (1825-30)
  • 3. "We girls always patronize the Bowery" (1830-31)
  • 4. "Throw not the pearl of Shakespeare's wit before the swine of the Bowery pit" (1831-33)
  • 5. "Down with the British bastard!" (1833-35)
  • 6. "Circumstances never satisfactorily explained" (1835-36)
  • 7. "Marius brooding over the ruins of Carthage" (1837-38)
  • 8. "The public have only themselves to blame for the reign of melodrama" (1838-40)
  • 9. "The sanity of all the parties are at par value" (1840-42)
  • 10. "We are not dead yet, boys!" (1842-48)
  • 11. "The noblest Roman of them all" (1848-51)
  • 12. "Blessings and benedictions" (1851-53).

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