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1. 
Performing Jewish Identity on the Antebellum American Stage
Shows how the earliest representations of Jewish characters on American stages mirrored treatment of Jewish Americans outside the playhouse
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1.
Performing Jewish Identity on the Antebellum American Stage
Shows how the earliest representations of Jewish characters on American stages mirrored treatment of Jewish Americans outside the playhouse
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| Hardcover | 2017 | $74.95 | Available | Add Hardcover for "Hideous Characters and Beautiful Pagans" to Cart |
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2. 
Theater and Activism in Nineteenth-Century America
Reveals the crucial role that spectacle played in American activism and reform movements in the 1800s
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2.
Theater and Activism in Nineteenth-Century America
Reveals the crucial role that spectacle played in American activism and reform movements in the 1800s
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2.
Theater and Activism in Nineteenth-Century America
Reveals the crucial role that spectacle played in American activism and reform movements in the 1800s
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3. 
LGBT Performance and the Politics of Pleasure
The importance of pleasure, humor, and frivolity in shaping LGBT lives and activism
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LGBT Performance and the Politics of Pleasure
The importance of pleasure, humor, and frivolity in shaping LGBT lives and activism
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LGBT Performance and the Politics of Pleasure
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4. 
Romanticism and the Lost Voice
Winner of the Barnard Hewitt Award and a Joe A. Callaway Award Honorable Mention
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4.
Romanticism and the Lost Voice
Winner of the Barnard Hewitt Award and a Joe A. Callaway Award Honorable Mention
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
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| Paper | 2013 | $27.95 | Available | Add Paper for "The Sarah Siddons Audio Files" to Cart |
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4.
Romanticism and the Lost Voice
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5. 
Theater, Jazz, and the Making of the New Middle Class
The culture clash that permanently changed American theater
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| Paper | 2010 | $29.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Highbrow/Lowdown" to Cart |
6. 
A Critical History of the 1960s Off-Off-Broadway Movement
The first comprehensive history of Off-Off Broadway
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| Paper | 2006 | $24.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Playing Underground" to Cart |
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6.
A Critical History of the 1960s Off-Off-Broadway Movement
The first comprehensive history of Off-Off Broadway
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| Paper | 2006 | $24.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Playing Underground" to Cart |
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7. 
Fresh and provocative readings of familiar stage objects provide new ways of understanding theater, dramatic literature, and culture
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Fresh and provocative readings of familiar stage objects provide new ways of understanding theater, dramatic literature, and culture
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8. 
Studies in the Science of Acting
Explores the historical and cultural evolution of the theoretical language of the stage
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| Paper | 1993 | $26.95 | Available | Add Paper for "The Player's Passion" to Cart |
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