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theater and war  

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  • Theater audiences have applauded plays and spectacles about American wars since the 1770s. Given the importance of war in forging the new nation, dramatized military actions were a prominent part of American theatrical entertainment between 1790 and 1840. [Source: Encyclopedia of War & American Society; Theater and War]

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