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Edmund Fuller. the start of its process of growing into an American theatre , just as we were at the start of growing into an American peo- ple . Strongly nationalistic sentiments crop up in the plays . The way is paved for a succession ...
Edmund Fuller. the start of its process of growing into an American theatre , just as we were at the start of growing into an American peo- ple . Strongly nationalistic sentiments crop up in the plays . The way is paved for a succession ...
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... American thea- tre . American plays on American subjects began to follow in increasingly rapid succession in the early nineteenth century . James Nelson Barker , a soldier and politician , based his plays chiefly on native themes . In ...
... American thea- tre . American plays on American subjects began to follow in increasingly rapid succession in the early nineteenth century . James Nelson Barker , a soldier and politician , based his plays chiefly on native themes . In ...
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... American acting , with Edwin For- rest , Joe Jefferson , of Rip Van Winkle fame , Robert B. Man- tell , E. H. Sothern and Julia Marlowe . Junius Brutus Booth thrilled America . In his footsteps followed his still greater son , Edwin ...
... American acting , with Edwin For- rest , Joe Jefferson , of Rip Van Winkle fame , Robert B. Man- tell , E. H. Sothern and Julia Marlowe . Junius Brutus Booth thrilled America . In his footsteps followed his still greater son , Edwin ...
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