Cradle of Culture, 1800-1810: The Philadelphia State

✍ Scribed by Reese Davis James

• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Year: 2017
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 164
• Edition: Reprint 2016
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.

✦ Table of Contents

Prologue
Contents
Illustrations
1. The Theatre Loses a Patron 1799–1800
2. Circus and Spectacle 1800–1801
3. Whirligig and Witchcraft 1801–1802
4. A Great Manager Passes 1802–1803
5. First Jefferson and First Melodrama 1803–1804
6. History Takes a Bow 1804–1805
7. Enter the Censor 1805–1806
8. Patriotism and Pantomime 1806–1807
9. Audience Reaction: The Embargo 1807–1808
10. Panoply 1808–1809
11. Warren & Wood 1809–1810
Epilogue
Appendix Α. Plays, Ballets, Pantomimes, and Musical Entertainments 1800–1810
Appendix Β. Performers
Index