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Church and stage : the theatre as target of religious condemnation in nineteenth century America / Claudia Durst Johnson.
- Title
- Church and stage : the theatre as target of religious condemnation in nineteenth century America / Claudia Durst Johnson.
- Author
- Johnson, Claudia D.
- Publication
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2008.
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- Description
- v, 215 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "This book explores the many ways in which religious institutions have had a profound effect on the development of American theatre. The author analyzes the church's critical view toward common theatre practices, including the use of female and child performers and the inherently uncontrollable nature of the stage"--Provided by publisher.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-211) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Introduction: Church and stage: the two temples -- The English and early American beginnings -- The power and values of the church -- Plays, playgoers, and actors -- The impact of clerical attacks on actors and the profession -- The church and the actress -- Trading religious approval for work -- Wearing the pants, making the choices, writing the plays -- Children in industry: children on stage -- Prostitutes and the bar -- Violence in the audience, irreverence on the stage -- The winding down of an old war.
- ISBN
- 9780786430802 (softcover : alk. paper)
- 078643080X (softcover : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^2007044158
- OCLC
- 176861837
- SCSB-12823531
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library