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Not every presidential visit to the theatre is as famous as Lincoln's last night at Ford's, but American presidents attended the theatre long before and long after that ill-fated night. In 1751, George Washington saw his first play, The London Merchant, during a visit to Barbados. John Quincy Adams published dramatic critiques. William McKinley avoided the theatre while in office, on professional as well as moral grounds. Richard Nixon met his wife at a community theatre audition. Surveying 255 years, this volume examines presidential theatre-going as it has reflected shifting popular tastes in America.
Contents
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
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
