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Uncle Tom’s Cabin stage saga spans two centuries
The piece traces the rise of Uncle Tom’s Cabin on stage from the 1852 Troy Museum premiere to a global phenomenon. It notes early dramatizations by Aiken and Taylor, heirloom casting by the Howards, and a cast list of famed performers such as Lotta, Mary McVicker, and John L. Sullivant. It highlights Stowe’s lack of royalties due to 1850s copyright law and her distant relationship with theater.
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Bya
Topsy
Simon Legrea
Ute
Beecher Stowe
Abe
Seiliza
George L. Aiken
Aiken
Troy
A ‘Cartain
Charles W. Taylor
Purdy
National Theater
New York Ciy
Bopay
Little Bya
Troy Museum
George C. Howard
Uncle Tom
St. Clare
Chloe
the Howards
Theater Royal
Manchester
England
Arthur Rum
New York Herald Tribune
Current Revival Review
Macaulay
Dickong
Charles Kingsley
Gec i Jerman
Philadelphia Atupeum
New “York Times
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Kig
Holand
SA Satell
Nava
Joseph Jefferson
William Warren
George L. Fox
John Oltbert
William Lemoyne
New York
Lotta
Mary McVicker
Enwin Booth
Ben
Topay
United States
William A. Brady
Theodora Noberta
Wilton Lackaye
Onele Toni
Lawrence Barrett
John McCurlagen
Louis James
John @. Raysmond
David Belasco
Edwin Adama
Annia Stunsell
Mary Pickford
Maude Adams
Fay Templeton
Mrs. Fiske
Henrietta Crosman
Charles Thorne
John 8. Clarke
Milo Shannon
John Drew
Fra Drew
Pred Stone
St. Hyen Little Eya
William Reymour
Simon Legreen
Legion
John L. Sullivant
J. W. Goodrich
Connecticut
Stnte
Ern G. Estey
Lynn
Jonn L
Johnny
Goodrich
Barriet Bercher Stowe
Mra Stowa
New England
Pha
Hartford
Conn
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