Thomas Hamblin and the Bowery Theatre The New York Reign of "Blood and Thunder" Melodramas /

• Main Author: Bogar, Thomas A. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History
• Subjects: Theater-History.; Performing arts.; Theater.; Actors.; Theatre History.; Performing Arts.; Performers and Practitioners.; Theatre Industry.

This book recounts the personal and professional life of Thomas Souness Hamblin (1800-1853), Shakespearean actor and Bowery Theatre manager. Primarily responsible for the popularity of "blood and thunder" melodramas with working class audiences in New York City, Hamblin discovered, trained...