Opposing forces: (re)playing Pocahontas and the politics of Indian removal on the antebellum stage.

Comparative Drama | December 22, 2006| | Copyright

In the spring of 1830, twelve-year-old Charlotte Barnes watched her mother, the popular actress Mary Greenhill Barnes, perform the title role in Pocahontas, or The Settlers of Virginia at the Park Theatre in New York. The play by George Washington Custis had premiered in Philadelphia on 18 January, and proved a tremendous success, due to its patriotic tone, thrilling battle scenes, and, no doubt, a titillating dance performed by "native" women. Apparently Custis's play also left an indelible mark on young Charlotte Barnes, because the future playwright and actress ...

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