Lady Macbeth In America : From the Stage to the White House  

By: Smith, Gay (Author).  Palgrave Macmillan. Published: 05/03/2010. Audience Guide: Professional & Vocational.
Hardback. Sourced from U.S.A.

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ISBN10/13: 0230622887/9780230622883
TITLE: Lady Macbeth in America
CONTRIBUTORS: Smith, Gay (Author)
IMPRINT: Palgrave Macmillan
PUBLISHER: Palgrave Macmillan
FORMAT: Hardback
PUBLICATION DATE: 05/03/2010
SUBJECT: Performing Arts, Theatre & Drama
DIMENSIONS (Width x Height): 159mm x 240mm
PAGES: 256
AUDIENCE GUIDE: Professional & Vocational
CONTENTS:

Introduction: Lady Macbeth in the White House PART I: ORIGINS From Shakespeare's Stage to Puritan Witch Hunts Professional Actors Arrive in America: Bringing New Script and School of Acting How Plays Inspired Washington (but Haunted the Adamses) A 'Harlot's' Progress to Performing Lady Macbeth PART II: REVOLUTION Socializing with (and Spying on) Ben Franklin in Paris Charlotte Melmoth and John Kemble in Ireland Abigail Adams in Paris and London, from Ducis's Lady Macbeth to Siddons's Fomenting National Pride and Riot in the Irish Theatre Celebrating the French Revolution with United Irishmen Irish Actress Becomes an American Citizen Alien and Sedition Acts: A 'Season of Witches' A 'Harlot's' Progress to Brooklyn PART III: CIVIL WAR America's Native Born Lady Macbeth Witches' 'Battle Cry of the Republic' in the Astor Place Riots Southern Abolitionist First Lady in the White House Performing Lady Macbeth for Charity: Cushman to John Wilkes Booth Lincoln as Macbeth and then Duncan; His 'Partner of Greatness' as Mad Sleepwalker PART IV: WORLD WARS 'The Serpent Within' and 'Innocent Flower': Sarah Bernhardt and Ellen Terry The Making of 'Mrs. President' in World War One G.I. Lady Macbeth and World War Two Witch Hunts Return The Evil Vampire

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