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04835aam a2200517 i 4500 001 B19597FEE7B011E78369235E97128E48 003 SILO 005 20171223010231 008 161213s2017 iaua b s001 0deng 010 $a 2016040304 020 $a 1609384946 020 $a 9781609384944 035 $a (OCoLC)960707670 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDX $d BDX $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d OCLCQ $d YDX $d OCLCO $d OBE $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a PN2287.D543 $b J64 2017 082 00 $a B $a B $2 23 084 $a PER011020 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Johnson, Odai, $d 1959- $e author. 245 10 $a London in a box : $b Englishness and theatre in revolutionary America / $c Odai Johnson. 264 1 $a Iowa City : $b University of Iowa Press, $c [2017] 300 $a xvi, 273 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 23 cm. 490 1 $a Studies in theatre history and culture 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-269) and index. 505 0 $a Preface. "The Velim Lyth Bare" : a note on absence and other sources -- Prologue. The most well-connected man in America receives a letter from Congress, and is put out of business -- A season of great uncertainty : New York, October 1774 -- A disastrous arrival : New York, October 1758 -- Building a network : 1759-1760 -- London in a box -- This wandering theatre : Newport, New York, Charleston, 1761-1763 -- Heart of oak, and other transatlantic transformations : April 1764-October 1766 -- Murder in the greenroom, and other London interludes : 1764-1765 -- Sailing on an unwelcomed ship : 1765-1766 -- The politics of frugality : 1767-1769 -- Associations and binges : 1770 -- Lords of the turf : Maryland, 1770-1771 -- Great reckonings in small rooms : 1773-1774 -- Christopher Gadsden's wharf : Charleston, summer 1774 -- The second America : New York, winter 1774 -- Epilogue. Final reckonings : New York, January 1775. 520 $a "If one went looking for the tipping point in the prelude to the American Revolution, it would not be the destruction of the tea in Boston Harbor, or the blockade of Boston by British warships, or even the gathering of the first Continental Congress; rather, it was the Congress's decision in late October of 1774 to close the theatres. In this remarkable feat of historical research, Odai Johnson pieces together the surviving fragments of the story of the first professional theatre troupe based in the British North American colonies. In doing so, he tells the story of how colonial elites came to decide they would no longer style themselves British gentlemen, but instead American citizens. London in a Box chronicles the enterprise of David Douglass, founder and manager of the American Theatre, from the 1750s to the climactic 1770s. The ambitious Scotsman's business was teaching provincial colonials to dress and behave as genteel British subjects. Through the plays he staged, the scenery and costumes, and the bearing of his actors, he displayed London fashion and London manners. He counted among his patrons the most influential men in America, from British generals and governors to local leaders, including the avid theatre-goers George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. By 1774, Douglass operated a monopoly of theatres in six colonies and the Anglophone Caribbean, from Jamaica to Charleston and northward to New York City. (Boston remained an impregnable redoubt against theatre.) How he built this network of patrons and theatres and how it all went up in flames as the revolution began is the subject of this witty history. A treat for anyone interested in the world of the American Revolution and an important study for historians of the period"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Douglass, David, $d -1789. 600 17 $a Douglass, David, $d -1789. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01816281 650 0 $a Theatrical producers and directors $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Theater $z United States $x History $y 18th century. 650 0 $a Theater and state $z United States $x History $y 18th century. 651 0 $a United States $x English influences. $x English influences. 650 7 $a PERFORMING ARTS $x History & Criticism. $x History & Criticism. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a Civilization $x English influences. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01352354 650 7 $a Theater. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01149217 650 7 $a Theater and state. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01149318 650 7 $a Theatrical producers and directors. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01149443 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 648 7 $a 1700-1799 $2 fast 655 7 $a Biography. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423686 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 830 0 $a Studies in theatre history and culture. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231019020229.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=B19597FEE7B011E78369235E97128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search