Acting in the night Macbeth and the places of the Civil War

Acting in the night Macbeth and the places of the Civil War

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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, pol...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nemerov, Alexander
Corporate Author: IG Publishing
Format: Electronic Resource
Language:English
Published: Berkeley University of California Press c2010.
Series:IG library
Subjects:
Shakespeare, William > 1564-1616. > Macbeth.
Shakespeare, William > 1564-1616 > Stage history > United States.
Theater and society > Washington (D.C.) > History > 19th century.
Theater > Washington (D.C.) > History > 19th century.
Electronic books.
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.
Washington (D.C.) > Social conditions > 19th century.
Virginia > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Social aspects.
Virginia > Social conditions > 19th century.
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