00000cmm a22000004a 4500 UP-99796217610932426 Buklod 20130911110207.0 m o j cr |n |||auu|a 130911s2010 xx d u 9780520947443 (eBook) 0520947444 (eBook) (iLib)UPD-00205804911 DLC DML eng DMLUC E 468.9 N44 2010eb Nemerov, Alexander Acting in the night [electronic resource] Macbeth and the places of the Civil War Alexander Nemerov. Berkeley University of California Press c2010. 1 online resource (299 p.) ill. IG library "Ahmanson-Murphy fine arts imprint." 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. IP-based subscription, access limited to within on-campus computer network. Access via Electronic Resources of the UPD University Library Website. 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 of civil war to acknowledge the horrors and emptiness of a world it tried and ultimately failed to change. Electronic reproduction. Singapore IG Pub. c2012. Available via World Wide Web through IG Library. 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. IG Publishing. Available for University of the Philippines System via IG Library. Click here to access http://portal.igpublish.com/iglibrary/search/UCPB0000457.html (viewed 26 September 2013) FO Monograph UPD DMLR Electronic Resource