Theatre, culture and temperance reform in nineteenth-century America

Abstract

List of figures Acknowledgements Introduction: A complex causality of neglect 1. 'He drank from the poisoned cup': temperance reform in nineteenth-century America 2. 'Nine-tenths of all kindness ...': literature, the theatre, and the spirit of reform 3. 'Every odium within one word': early American temperance drama and British prototypes 4. Reform comes to Broadway: temperance on America's mainstream stages 5. 'In the halls': Temperance entertainments following the Civil War 6. Epilogue: 'Theatrical 'Dry Rot'?': or what price the anti-saloon league? Appendix: nineteenth-century temperance plays Notes Bibliography Index.

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