American Drama 1714-1915

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Full text of 1,500+ American plays from 1714-1915, re-keyed from first editions. Covers verse drama, farces, melodramas, minstrel shows, frontier plays, and realist theater. Major playwrights include Belasco, Crothers, Daly, and Howells.

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