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wrote that by the middle of the 19th century, "The stage was at a low ebb, Elizabethan glories and
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A beautiful pageant : African American theatre, drama, and performance in the Harlem Renaissance, 1910-1927
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2938:Visions of Tragedy in Modern American Drama
2881:American Drama 1945 – 2000: An Introduction
2538:A History of the Theatre in America, Vol. 1
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2554:"The First American Theatre"
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4116:Code of Federal Regulations
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4299:Agriculture commissioner
3949:House of Representatives
3857:National Security Agency
3507:Contiguous United States
2965:American Drama 1900–1990
2801:10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01439
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4456:State-recognized tribes
3441:Outline of U.S. history
3153:Continental Association
2788:Frontiers in Psychology
2623:Walnutstreettheatre.org
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2113:Rodgers and Hammerstein
1945:Federal Theater Project
1925:, about the mysterious
1658:television performances
1363:Federal Theatre Project
1237:This February 21, 1925
794:United States Civil War
700:The Taming of the Shrew
643:, Pennsylvania, is the
594:Hugh Henry Brackenridge
5580:Environmental movement
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5318:Educational attainment
4843:Federal Reserve System
4801:Science and technology
4304:Insurance commissioner
3842:Intelligence Community
3537:minor outlying islands
3300:Civil rights movement
2916:Mathews, Jane DeHart.
2762:www.broadwayleague.com
2426:List of American plays
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2953:Roudane, Matthew C.
2943:Richardson, Gary A.
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1799:William Vaughn Moody
1704:Beauty and the Beast
1386:The Cradle Will Rock
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820:Victorian burlesque
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707:William Shakespeare
668:theatrical property
612:August von Kotzebue
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2906:McGovern, Dennis.
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2101:Lorraine Hansberry
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1999:Robert E. Sherwood
1916:In Abraham's Bosom
1906:The Adding Machine
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1698:The Little Mermaid
1681:Metropolitan Opera
1646:legitimate theater
1564:Tennessee Williams
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2409:Wendy Wasserstein
2401:David Henry Hwang
2322:Angels in America
2253:David Henry Hwang
2197:Wendy Wasserstein
1979:George S. Kaufman
1958:Waiting for Lefty
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1615:Pacific Overtures
1540:Gertrude Lawrence
1516:Tallulah Bankhead
1512:Katherine Cornell
1433:Strange Interlude
1298:Oscar Hammerstein
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845:John Howard Payne
814:John Wilkes Booth
800:, while watching
716:Uncle Tom's Cabin
590:Mercy Otis Warren
548:Timothy Dwight IV
507:Lewis Hallam, Jr.
407:community theater
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1815:The Great Divide
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