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The Bard in the Bluegrass - Two Centuries of Shakespearean Performance in Lexington, Kentucky (Paperback)
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The Bard in the Bluegrass - Two Centuries of Shakespearean Performance in Lexington, Kentucky (Paperback)
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Lexington, Kentucky, has been called the cradle of the legitimate
theatre west of the Appalachians since the opening of its first
theatre in 1808. Not long after that opening, a fledgling resident
acting company presented Macbeth, the town's first professional
production of a Shakespearean play. Since then, the local and
traveling stars committed to drama drove Lexington's live
theatrical glamour to thrive impressively into the twentieth
century. Many of the actors who performed in Lexington in the plays
of Shakespeare have been forgotten, but their vivid personalities
and devotion to their art were once an integral part of American
popular culture. The history of their careers and their lives is an
important part of theatre history, of Kentucky history, and of
American history. This study presents detailed accounts of
individual actors in the order of their first appearances in
Lexington. Early chapters explore the range of exposure to
Shakespeare's plays and players experienced by the town of
Lexington and investigate the cultural climate that affected and
was affected by that experience. Because Lexington's theatrical
history provides a template for what so many mid-American towns
experienced in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, a
section of the book explores how hundreds of American cities
connected by the early turnpikes and railroads constituted a
community of theatre towns that cherished Shakespeare as a keystone
of American culture. Remaining chapters are devoted to the lives
and careers of the inspiring performers who brought Shakespeare's
words to life over the centuries. Reviews published in Lexington,
supplemented with details from newspapers of New York and other
cities, have provided source material. In addition, theatrical
biographies, histories, historical photographs, programs,
advertisements, theatrical journals, scrapbooks, film, and even
primitive sound recordings are examined in an attempt to
reconstruct something of what Lexington saw and heard of
Shakespeare on its local stages.
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