Acting In the Night

Berkeley University of California Press, 2010, hardcover. Hardcover. Condition: very good minus (some ink marks) with near fine dust jacket. ISBN 9780520251861

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… Read more about this item

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Hardback. New. What can the performance of a single play on one specific night tell us about the world this event inhabited so briefly? This title explores this question.

Univ of California Pr, 2010. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 312 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.00 inches.