Early American Drama

This unique volume includes eight early dramas that mirror American literary, social, and cultural history: Royall Tylers The Contrast (1789); William Dunlap''sAndre (1798); James Nelson Barker''s The Indian Princess (1808); Robert Montgomery Bird''s The Gladiator (1831); William Henry Smith''s The Drunkard(1844); Anna Cora Mowatt''s Fashion (1845); George Aiken''s Uncle Tom''s Cabin(1852); and Di...