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Author Nemerov, Alexander

Title Acting in the night : Macbeth and the places of the Civil War / Alexander Nemerov
Published Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (299 pages) : illustrations
Contents Introduction: a drop that dyes the seas -- A stone's throw : Charlotte Cushman -- The flame of place : Abraham Lincoln -- The glass case : interior life in Washington, D.C. -- Acoustic shadows : the Battle of Bristoe Station -- Center of echoes : Castle Murray, Fauquier County, Virginia -- Ghosts : the death of Colonel Thomas Ruffin, October 17, 1863 -- Sound and fury : nature in Virginia
Summary What can the performance of a single play on one specific night tell us about the world this event inhabited so briefly? Alexander Nemerov takes a performance of Macbeth in Washington, DC on October 17, 1863--with Abraham Lincoln in attendance--to explore this question and illuminate American art, politics, technology, and life as it was being lived. Nemerov's inspiration is Wallace Stevens and his poem "Anecdote of the Jar," in which a single object organizes the wilderness around it in the consciousness of the poet. For Nemerov, that evening's performance of Macbeth reached across the tragedy
Analysis 1863
19th century
abraham lincoln
acting
american art
american history
american life
american politics
art historians
civil war buffs
civil war era
civil war
democracy
discussion books
drama
dramatic performance
dramatic
english drama
historical performances
literary criticism
live arts
macbeth
performing arts
play performance
poetic consciousness
politics
shakespeare
technology
theatre
tragedy
united states
wallace stevens
washington dc
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-283) and index
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Macbeth.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Stage history -- United States
SUBJECT Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 fast
Shakespeare, William. swd
Macbeth (Shakespeare, William) fast
Macbeth. swd
Subject Theater and society -- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- 19th century
Theater -- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- 19th century
PERFORMING ARTS -- Theater -- History & Criticism.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Social aspects
Social conditions
Theater
Theater and society
War and theater
Sezessionskrieg 1861-1865
Aufführung
Burgeroorlogen.
Macbeth (Shakespeare)
Toneelvoorstellingen.
SUBJECT United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Theater and the war
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects
Washington (D.C.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects
Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects
Washington (D.C.) -- Social conditions -- 19th century
Virginia -- Social conditions -- 19th century
Subject United States
Virginia
Washington (D.C.)
USA
Verenigde Staten.
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2010008817
ISBN 9780520947443
0520947444
128327728X
9781283277280
9786613277282
6613277282