Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History: American Pleasure Gardens and Entertainment

Stubbs, N.

As outdoor entertainment venues in American cities, pleasure gardens were public spaces where people could explore what it meant to be American. Stubbs examines how these venues helped form American identity and argues the gardens allowed for the exploration of what it meant to be American through performance, both on and off the stage.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2013-09-20

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781137326867

DOI: 10.1057/9781137326874

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 177