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The First Play in America in English and Its Contribution to the First Amendment : “Ye Bare and Ye Cubbe” (1665) by W. Darby
| Author: | Eis, Joel | |
| Year: | 2021 | |
| Pages: | 456 | |
| ISBN: | 1-4955-0887-0 978-1-4955-0887-5 | |
| Price: | $279.95 | |
This is a new edition of Dr. Eis's 2003 monograph on the first play performed in America.
Reviews
"Because a script of the play, Ye Bare and Ye Cubbe has not survived, Eis’s contention that the free speech ideals of Jefferson, Madison, Pendleton, and company were informed by the ensuing seventeenth-century court case might be dismissed as a far-flung conjecture. However, Eis’s defense of his position is so comprehensively researched and so clearly and engagingly explicated as to render his argument plausible."
Dr. Brooks Miles Barnes,
Librarian, Eastern Shore Public Library
Dr. Brooks Miles Barnes,
Librarian, Eastern Shore Public Library
Table of Contents
Preface
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction: A Call to Arms
Chapter 1: The Discovery of the Irregularities in the Case
Chapter 2: Background on the Time and Place
Chapter 3:Colonial Politics and Economics: Motives in the case
Chapter 4: The Title of the Play Considered as Evidence
Chapter 5: The Nature of the Performance of the Play
Chapter 6: Charges in the Court Case Reexamined for Political Implications
Chapter 7: Deconstruction of the Trial Records
Chapter 8: The Question of Opportunity for the Accused
Chapter 9: Profiles of the Defendants and the Plaintiff
Chapter 10:William Darby, A Mysterious Arrival
Chapter 11:Was Darby Connected to interdicted Theatre in London?
Chapter 12:The Dossier of Edward Martin, Plaintiff, and the Quaker Connection
Chapter 13:Confirmation of the Crime Scene, Its Bearing on the Case, and a Persistent Oral History of the Events
Chapter 14:The Fowkes’ Tavern Site Considered and Confirmed
Chapter 15:Surprise Witnesses: The Testimony of the Maps and New Discovered Evidence
Chapter 16:The Taint of Conflict of Interest: Politics of the Trial Reexamined
Chapter 17:A Postscript: The “Accomack Three” after the Trial
Chapter 18: An Unexpected Legacy: The Case of Ye Bare and Ye Cubbe and the Bill of Rights Considered
Chapter 19: Evidence in Three Intersecting Source Documents
Chapter 20: After the Revolution
Exhibits 1-35
Appendix I
Appendix II
Works Cited
Index
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction: A Call to Arms
Chapter 1: The Discovery of the Irregularities in the Case
Chapter 2: Background on the Time and Place
Chapter 3:Colonial Politics and Economics: Motives in the case
Chapter 4: The Title of the Play Considered as Evidence
Chapter 5: The Nature of the Performance of the Play
Chapter 6: Charges in the Court Case Reexamined for Political Implications
Chapter 7: Deconstruction of the Trial Records
Chapter 8: The Question of Opportunity for the Accused
Chapter 9: Profiles of the Defendants and the Plaintiff
Chapter 10:William Darby, A Mysterious Arrival
Chapter 11:Was Darby Connected to interdicted Theatre in London?
Chapter 12:The Dossier of Edward Martin, Plaintiff, and the Quaker Connection
Chapter 13:Confirmation of the Crime Scene, Its Bearing on the Case, and a Persistent Oral History of the Events
Chapter 14:The Fowkes’ Tavern Site Considered and Confirmed
Chapter 15:Surprise Witnesses: The Testimony of the Maps and New Discovered Evidence
Chapter 16:The Taint of Conflict of Interest: Politics of the Trial Reexamined
Chapter 17:A Postscript: The “Accomack Three” after the Trial
Chapter 18: An Unexpected Legacy: The Case of Ye Bare and Ye Cubbe and the Bill of Rights Considered
Chapter 19: Evidence in Three Intersecting Source Documents
Chapter 20: After the Revolution
Exhibits 1-35
Appendix I
Appendix II
Works Cited
Index