William Dunlap wrote history for much the same reason that he worked in the theater, authored plays, and painted pictures: he loved art and thought, believed in their importance in the democratic cont...
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William Dunlap occupies a place of importance in American letters as a dramatist and historian. Often called the Father of the American Theater, Dunlap was the first professional playwright in the Uni...
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William Dunlap's energetic though financially fruitless career as a painter, playwright, theater manager, biographer, and historian in the early decades of the American Republic won him recognition as...
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William Dunlap