American Presidents Attend the Theatre

Thomas A. Bogar is a professor at Hood College in Frederick, Maryland, a judge for Washington, D.C.’s Helen Hayes Theatre Awards, and a consultant for the American Council on Education. He has written numerous journal articles and lives in Silver Spring, Maryland.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      Preface      1. Washington (1751–1782)      2. The Adamses and Jefferson Abroad (1778–1788)      3. Independence (1784–1799)      4. A New Capital (1800–1817)      5. Good Feelings, Bad Feelings (1817–1833)      6. The New National Theatre (1834–1844)      7. Unquiet Times (1845–1860)      8. Lincoln (1861–1863)      9. Opera, Forrest, and the Booths (1864–1865)      10. Aftermath (1865–1874)      11. The Gilded Age (1874–1881)      12. A Social White House (1881–1885)      13. Marriages (1885–1889)      14. The Rise of Realism (1889–1892)      15. The Turn of the Century (1893–1901)      16. TR (1901–1909)      17. Taft (1909–1910)      18. Offstage Drama (1910–1913)      19. Vaudeville (1913–1915)      20. Enter Edith (1915–1917)      21. Victory (1918–1921)      22. Jazz (1921–1924)      23. Boom and Bust (1924–1933)      24. Recovery (1933–1940)      25. Theatre of War (1941–1949)      26. Cold War Theatre (1950–1961)      27. Camelot (1961–1964)      28. Protest (1965–1974)      29. Vicissitudes (1974–1980)      30. An Actor in the White House (1981–1992)      31. Fundraisers and Family (1993–2005)      Afterword      Chapter Notes      Bibliography      Index

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