Shakespeare in American life / compiled and edited by Virginia Mason Vaughan and Alden T. Vaughan.
| Other author/creator | Vaughan, Virginia Mason. |
| Other author/creator | Vaughan, Alden T., 1929- |
| Other author/creator | Folger Shakespeare Library. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Washington, D.C. : Folger Shakespeare Library ; Seattle : Distributed by University of Washington Press, 2007. |
| Description | 189 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm |
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| Contents | Foreword: Gail Kern Paster -- Introduction: Virginia Mason Vaughan and Alden T. Vaughan -- Shakespeare discovers America: America discovers Shakespeare / Alden T. Vaughan -- Making Shakespeare American : Shakespeare's dissemination in nineteenth-century America / Virginia Mason Vaughan -- Playing with (a) difference: early black Shakespearean actors, blackface and whiteface / Francesca T. Royster -- Shakespeare film in America: O Brave New World of Bardolatry! / Kenneth S. Rothwell -- Shakespeare and the American musical / Irene G. Dash -- Jazzing up Shakespeare / Douglas M. Lanier -- American Shakespeare festivals / Yu Jin Ko -- Duty and enjoyment: the Folgers as Shakespeare collectors in the gilded age / Georgianna Ziegler -- Catalogue of the exhibition / Virginia Mason Vaughan and Alden T. Vaughan -- Interlude: American scrapbooks / Leigh Anne Palmer. |
| General note | "This volume has been published in conjunction with the exhibition Shakespeare in American life presented at the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, DC, from 8 March through 18 August 2007, in celebration of the Library's 75th anniversary"--T.p. verso. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and filmography. |
| LCCN | 2007300095 |
| ISBN | 9780295987156 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 0295987154 (pbk.) |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Joyner | General Stacks | PR2971.U6 S5 2007 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |