American theatre periodicals of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries

General notes

Brings together samples from twenty-four significant periodical titles dating from 1805 to 1929 and issued from Baltimore, Boston, New York, Philadelphia and St. Louis, describing the growth of American theatre in this period. The full spectrum of theatrical activity is embraced, from performances of Shakespeare and "classic authors" to new American playwrights of the period to popular entertainments of Vaudeville and Variety, the staging of Opera, Ballet and Classical music and the advent of motion pictures