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The first settlers in the New World came from Elizabethan England. They knew od the poets and playwrights who had produced Elizabethan drama; perhaps some had seen the acting of Shakespeare himself. Industrialism developed swiftly in America after the war between the states. In this new environment the theater offered unprecedented possibilities for profit. A Theatrical Trust appeared. The theater was commercialized. Broadway became the theatrical Wall Street of the nation. (Intro by Ralph Henry Gabriel) ... Read more