The Bard in the Bluegrass: Two Centuries of Shakespearean Performance in Lexington, Kentucky

by Kevin Lane Dearinger

Book Overview

Lexington, Kentucky, has been called "the cradle of the legitimate theatre west of the Appalachians" since the opening of its first theatre in 1808. Not long after that opening, a fledgling resident acting company presented Macbeth, the town's first professional production of a Shakespearean play. Since then, the local and traveling stars committed to drama drove Lexington's live theatrical glamour to thrive impressively into the twentieth...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786428953
• ISBN13: 9780786428953
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.1" x 9.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher