Samuel L. Leiter, distinguished professor (emeritus) of Brooklyn College and the Graduate Center, has published thirty books on Japanese theatre, the great stage directors, New York theatre history, and Shakespeare.

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• Table of ContentsPreface and AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: More Than Trees Grew in Brooklyn1. The City of Homes and Churches2. The Curtain Rises3. The Battle of Brooklyn’s Theaters4. Failure, Folly, and Futility: Managing a Brooklyn Theater5. Theater Can Be Dangerous6. Plays, Playwrights, and Premieres7. The Stock, the Stars, the Scandals, and the Stranded8. The Curtain FallsAppendix A: A Narrative Performance Timeline, 1861-1893Appendix B: A Performance Chronology, 1894-1897Chapter NotesBibliographyIndex

Samuel L. Leiter, distinguished professor (emeritus) of Brooklyn College and the Graduate Center, has published thirty books on Japanese theatre, the great stage directors, New York theatre history, and Shakespeare.

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• Table of ContentsPreface and AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: More Than Trees Grew in Brooklyn1. The City of Homes and Churches2. The Curtain Rises3. The Battle of Brooklyn’s Theaters4. Failure, Folly, and Futility: Managing a Brooklyn Theater5. Theater Can Be Dangerous6. Plays, Playwrights, and Premieres7. The Stock, the Stars, the Scandals, and the Stranded8. The Curtain FallsAppendix A: A Narrative Performance Timeline, 1861-1893Appendix B: A Performance Chronology, 1894-1897Chapter NotesBibliographyIndex

Samuel L. Leiter, distinguished professor (emeritus) of Brooklyn College and the Graduate Center, has published thirty books on Japanese theatre, the great stage directors, New York theatre history, and Shakespeare.

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• Table of ContentsPreface and AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: More Than Trees Grew in Brooklyn1. The City of Homes and Churches2. The Curtain Rises3. The Battle of Brooklyn’s Theaters4. Failure, Folly, and Futility: Managing a Brooklyn Theater5. Theater Can Be Dangerous6. Plays, Playwrights, and Premieres7. The Stock, the Stars, the Scandals, and the Stranded8. The Curtain FallsAppendix A: A Narrative Performance Timeline, 1861-1893Appendix B: A Performance Chronology, 1894-1897Chapter NotesBibliographyIndex