Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-240) and index.
Contents:
Introduction: "advancing the interests of private and political virtue": the stakes of the early American stage -- "The imitation of life": how men act -- American actors/acting American -- "O patriotism!/ thou wond'rous principle of God-like action!": the changing meanings of the Revolution -- Love and death: staging indigenous masculinity -- Tyrants, republicans, and rebels: performing Roman masculinities -- Epilogue: from sons of liberty to wage slaves.
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