03603nam 2200709Ia 450 991045898700332120200520144314.01-283-27728-X97866132772820-520-94744-410.1525/9780520947443(CKB)2560000000058735(EBL)656354(OCoLC)703138057(SSID)ssj0000466635(PQKBManifestationID)11284429(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000466635(PQKBWorkID)10458587(PQKB)11330407(MiAaPQ)EBC656354(MdBmJHUP)muse30940(DE-B1597)518684(OCoLC)707080413(DE-B1597)9780520947443(Au-PeEL)EBL656354(CaPaEBR)ebr10448578(CaONFJC)MIL327728(EXLCZ)99256000000005873520100305d2010 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrActing in the night[electronic resource] Macbeth and the places of the Civil War /Alexander NemerovBerkeley University of California Pressc20101 online resource (313 p.)"Ahmanson-Murphy fine arts imprint."0-520-25186-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction: A Drop That Dyes the Seas -- 1. A Stone's Throw: Charlotte Cushman -- 2. The Flame of Place: Abraham Lincoln -- 3. The Glass Case: Interior Life in Washington, D.C. -- 4. Acoustic Shadows: The Battle of Bristoe Station -- 5. Center of Echoes: Castle Murray, Fauquier County, Virginia -- 6. Ghosts: The Death of Colonel Thomas Ru‹n, October 17, 1863 -- 7. Sound and Fury: Nature in Virginia -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Illustrations -- IndexWhat can the performance of a single play on one specific night tell us about the world this event inhabited so briefly? Alexander Nemerov takes a performance of Macbeth in Washington, DC on October 17, 1863-with Abraham Lincoln in attendance-to explore this question and illuminate American art, politics, technology, and life as it was being lived. Nemerov's inspiration is Wallace Stevens and his poem "Anecdote of the Jar," in which a single object organizes the wilderness around it in the consciousness of the poet. For Nemerov, that evening's performance of Macbeth reached across the tragedy of civil war to acknowledge the horrors and emptiness of a world it tried and ultimately failed to change.Theater and societyWashington (D.C.)History19th centuryTheaterWashington (D.C.)History19th centuryUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Theater and the warUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Social aspectsWashington (D.C.)HistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Social aspectsVirginiaHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Social aspectsWashington (D.C.)Social conditions19th centuryVirginiaSocial conditions19th centuryElectronic books.Theater and societyHistoryTheaterHistory792.0973/09034Nemerov Alexander996838MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458987003321Acting in the night2285858UNINA