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title: Battle for an American Culture
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# Battle for an American Culture

### Arc of the class
### Questions to Consider

_Question_
What challenges did theater makers in the United States face during the late 18th and early 19th centuries in their efforts to shape a national theater culture that spoke to the “nature, genius and destiny” of the American republic?

_Question_
What was at stake in the Astor Place Riot and how was it different from the Hernani “Riot”?

_Question_
How did the “Stock-and-Star” model of theatrical production define American theater culture in the 19th century?

_Question_
How did the way William Wells Brown perform The Escapeaffect its meaning? How does The Escape use the conventions of melodrama to shape a new kind of experience for its audience?