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- Title
Varnum's "Ministerial Oppression," a Revolutionary Drama.
- Authors
DAMON, S. FOSTER
- Abstract
The article presents discussion of the political theater of the U.S. colonies at the time leading up to the Revolutionary War. Details are given describing how the arts were beginning to develop as of the 1760s, manifesting original creative works rather than simply reproducing British style in America. Commentary is provided highlighting common features of American drama and its social-historical context. The particular work "Ministerial Oppression, or the Grievances of America, with the Battle of Bunker Hill," attributed to James Mitchell Varnum, is discussed in depth.
- Subjects
REVOLUTIONARY American drama; AMERICAN drama; AMERICAN arts; MINISTERIAL Oppression: Or, the Grievances of America, With the Battle of Bunker Hill (Theatrical production); VARNUM, James Mitchell; POLITICAL theater; COLONIAL United States, ca. 1600-1775
- Publication
Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, 1945, Vol 55, Issue 2, p287
- ISSN
0044-751X
- Publication type
Article