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    Early American Drama

    Author Various
    Edited by Jeffrey H. Richards
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    $27.00 US
    Penguin Adult HC/TR | Penguin Classics
    5.07"W x 7.76"H x 1.19"D  
    On sale Aug 01, 1997 | 576 Pages | 9780140435887
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB
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    This unique volume includes eight early dramas that mirror American literary, social, and cultural history: Royall Tylers The Contrast (1789); William Dunlap'sAndre (1798); James Nelson Barker's The Indian Princess (1808); Robert Montgomery Bird's The Gladiator (1831); William Henry Smith's The Drunkard(1844); Anna Cora Mowatt's Fashion (1845); George Aiken's Uncle Tom's Cabin(1852); and Dion Boucicault's The Octoroon (1859).

    For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
    Daniel Hahn is an award-winning translator, writer and editor. His 2026 books include If This Be Magic: the unlikely art of Shakespeare in translation, and translated novels from Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Peru and Guatemala.

    Padma Viswanathan is author of three novels and a memoir, published in eight countries and shortlisted for the Pen Center USA Fiction Prize, the Scotiabank Giller Prize and others, and has translated four books from Brazilian Portuguese. View titles by Various
    Early American DramaAcknowledgments
    Introduction by Jeffrey H. Richards
    Suggestions for Further Reading
    A Note on the Texts

    The Contrast (1787) by Royall Tyler
    André (1798) by William Dunlap
    The Indian Princess (1808) by James Nelson Barker
    The Gladiator (1831) by Robert Montgomery Bird
    The Drunkard (1844) by William Henry Smith
    Fashion (1845) by Anna Cora Mowatt
    Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852) by George L. Aiken
    The Octoroon (1859) by Dion Boucicault

    Explanatory and Textual Notes

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    This unique volume includes eight early dramas that mirror American literary, social, and cultural history: Royall Tylers The Contrast (1789); William Dunlap'sAndre (1798); James Nelson Barker's The Indian Princess (1808); Robert Montgomery Bird's The Gladiator (1831); William Henry Smith's The Drunkard(1844); Anna Cora Mowatt's Fashion (1845); George Aiken's Uncle Tom's Cabin(1852); and Dion Boucicault's The Octoroon (1859).

    For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

    Author

    Daniel Hahn is an award-winning translator, writer and editor. His 2026 books include If This Be Magic: the unlikely art of Shakespeare in translation, and translated novels from Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Peru and Guatemala.

    Padma Viswanathan is author of three novels and a memoir, published in eight countries and shortlisted for the Pen Center USA Fiction Prize, the Scotiabank Giller Prize and others, and has translated four books from Brazilian Portuguese. View titles by Various

    Table of Contents

    Early American DramaAcknowledgments
    Introduction by Jeffrey H. Richards
    Suggestions for Further Reading
    A Note on the Texts

    The Contrast (1787) by Royall Tyler
    André (1798) by William Dunlap
    The Indian Princess (1808) by James Nelson Barker
    The Gladiator (1831) by Robert Montgomery Bird
    The Drunkard (1844) by William Henry Smith
    Fashion (1845) by Anna Cora Mowatt
    Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852) by George L. Aiken
    The Octoroon (1859) by Dion Boucicault

    Explanatory and Textual Notes

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