American Presidents Attend the Theatre
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- ISBN 9780786442324
- Weight: 762g
- Dimensions: 178 x 254mm
- Publication Date: 24 Sep 2009
- Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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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.
Thomas A. Bogar is a professor at Hood College in Frederick, Maryland, a judge for Washington, D.C.’s Helen Hayes Theatre Awards, and a consultant for the American Council on Education. He has written numerous journal articles and lives in Silver Spring, Maryland.
