London in a box : Englishness and theatre in revolutionary America

London in a box : Englishness and theatre in revolutionary America

Englishness and theatre in revolutionary America

Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, 2017.

xvi, 273 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

792.0973 J73 2017

(OCoLC)960707670

"If one went looking for the tipping point in the prelude to the American Revolution, it would not be the destruction of the tea in Boston Harbor, or the blockade of Boston by British warships, or even the gathering of the first Continental Congress; rather, it was the Congress's decision in late October of 1774 to close the theatres. In this remarkable feat of historical research, Odai Johnson pieces together the …surviving fragments of the story of the first professional theatre troupe based in the British North American colonies … London in a Box chronicles the enterprise of David Douglass, founder and manager of the American Theatre, from the 1750s to the climactic 1770s. The ambitious Scotsman's business was teaching provincial colonials to dress and behave as genteel British subjects … He counted among his patrons the most influential men in America, from British generals and governors to local leaders, including the avid theatre-goers George Washington and Thomas Jefferson ...”--Provided by publisher.|Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-269) and index.|L2021M120

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