Acting in the night [electronic resource] : Macbeth and the places of the Civil War / Alexander Nemerov.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nemerov, Alexander
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2010.
Subjects:
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616. > Macbeth.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Stage history > United States.
Theater and society > Washington (D.C.) > History > 19th century.
Theater > Washington (D.C.) > History > 19th century.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Theater and the war.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Social aspects.
Washington (D.C.) > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Social aspects.
Virginia > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Social aspects.
Washington (D.C.) > Social conditions > 19th century.
Virginia > Social conditions > 19th century.
Online Access:
ProQuest Ebook Central - Academic Complete: 2010 (Ebook Central @ Proquest)
EBSCO eBooks: 2010 (EBSCO)
eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2010 (EBSCO)
eBook High School Collection (EBSCOhost): 2010 (EBSCO)
Variant Title:
Acting in the Night: Macbeth and the Places of the Civil War
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • Introduction: a drop that dyes the seas
  • A stone's throw : Charlotte Cushman
  • The flame of place : Abraham Lincoln
  • The glass case : interior life in Washington, D.C.
  • Acoustic shadows : the Battle of Bristoe Station
  • Center of echoes : Castle Murray, Fauquier County, Virginia
  • Ghosts : the death of Colonel Thomas Ruffin, October 17, 1863
  • Sound and fury : nature in Virginia.