Major Voices : The Drama of Slavery

by Gardner, Eric

• ISBN13: 9781592641178
• ISBN10: 1592641172
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-06-30
• Publisher: Toby Pr

Summary

The stage was a vital force in 19th Century America, especially in the debates over slavery and race. This Toby original anthology brings together for the first time a selection of plays that shaped way in which the drama of slavery was performed in the American theatre

Table of Contents

Introduction	ix
Bibliography	xxxiii
A Note on the Texts	xxxvii
Slaves in Algiers; or a Struggle for Freedom
Introduction	3	(6)
A Note on the Text	9	(4)
Preface	13	(2)
Slaves In Algiers	15	(52)
Early Abolitionist Drama
Introduction	67	(8)
The Kidnapped Clergyman; or, Experience the Best Teacher	75	(34)
The Fugitives	109	(26)
Early Minstrel Material
Introduction	135	(4)
A Note on the Texts	139	(2)
Minstrel Song Lyrics	141	(8)
Oh, Hush! or, the Virginny Cupids	149	(16)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Introduction	165	(4)
A Note on the Text	169	(2)
Uncle Tom's Cabin	171	(88)
The Christian Slave
Introduction	259	(6)
A Note on the Text	265	(2)
The Christian Slave	267	(98)
The Escape; or, a Leap for Freedom
Introduction	365	(4)
A Note on the Text	369	(2)
The Escape; or, A Leap for Freedom	371	(2)
Author's Preface	373	(60)
Opinions Of The Press	433	(4)
The Stars and Stripes; a Melo-Drama
Introduction	437	(4)
A Note on the Text	441	(2)
The Stars and Stripes	443	(36)
The Octoroon; or, Life in Louisiana
Introduction	479	(4)
A Note on the Text	483	(2)
The Octoroon	485	(72)
Later Minstrel Material
Introduction	557	(4)
A Note on the Texts	561	(4)
Bones Finds Himself Famous	565	(4)
Brudder Bones as a Carpet-Bagger	569	(4)
Presidency on the Brain	573	(2)
Bones on de War Path	575	(4)
The Colored Senators	579	(10)
Peculiar Sam; or, the Underground Railroad
Introduction	589	(4)
A Note on the Text	593	(2)
Peculiar Sam; or The Underground Railroad	595	(30)
Acknowledgments	625	(2)
About the Editor	627