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In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, the American theater emerged as a crucial cultural space for debates around gender stereotypes, gendered conduct, sexual desire, the politics of intimacy and domesticity, female authorship, as well as the complex intersections of gender and other markers of cultural difference, such as race, ethnicity, socioeconomic class, age, or nation. This collection explores the role of gender in the formation of American theatrical culture in this period. It features essays on well-known early American dramatists such as Susanna Rowson or Judith Sargent Murray, but also sheds light on anonymous authors and more obscure theatrical practices.

Theater --- Theater and society --- Gender identity in the theater --- History --- Theatre; Early America; American Revolution; Gender; Feminism; America; History of Theatre; American Studies; Gender Studies; Theatre Studies --- America. --- American Revolution. --- American Studies. --- Early America. --- Feminism. --- Gender Studies. --- Gender. --- History of Theatre. --- Theatre Studies. --- 1800-1999 --- United States