Talk:The Poor of New York

Hello. I am creating this page as an assignment for the Brooklyn College Theater History class listed above. I apologize for the current lack of substance. This is my plan and schedule for completion of the page.


 * Lead Section: Brief overview of play, By, About, statement of artistic qualities, effect on theater, etc.
 * Write the lead, a brief summary of all the following points.
 * Plot: Summary of acts/scenes (5 acts).
 * A description of each act, with possible explorations and wiki page links to related ideas/characters.
 * Characters: Summary of characters, possible types/references.
 * Each character, related themes and possible links to similar characters.
 * Themes: Melodrama, relation to.
 * General themes of the play and it’s relation to Melodrama (wiki link). Possibly set as a separate section.
 * Sources: Existing French play.
 * List the play (wiki link if existing), search for other sources.
 * Contemporary Accounts: If possible.
 * If I can find any contemporaneous reviews/mentions.
 * Analysis/criticism
 * Look for critical references, quote or link to wiki pages.
 * Performance History
 * Mention the immediate adaptations by Boucicault for performances in other cities, look for performance history timeline of large scale productions.
 * Adaptations: The Streets of New York
 * Give brief overview of musical adaptation, “The Streets of New York”. Wiki link if existing.*Lines
 * Find and link to google scholar list of relevant lines.
 * Gallery
 * Look for pictures of Boucicault, theaters, productions.
 * Bibliography
 * Post edited bibliography
 * External Links
 * Post relevant links
 * References
 * Citations.


 * 3/6 Revisions of NA and WP, start making notes on play for summary, characters, synopsis.  Start research of other sections.
 * 3/13 Write summary, characters, lead; create wiki page, add educational ass. banner.
 * 3/20 Look for images (check NYPL at Lincoln Center).  Add images.  Continue research on advanced sections (SONY, criticism, contemporary reviews, performance timeline).
 * 3/27 Finish and post SONY section, Melodrama exemplar, any successful research.
 * Through 4/24 Finish all sections that have successful research, revise, post final links and bibliography.
 * Through 5/8 Any possible improvements.

I would appreciate any and all help, comments, etc.

Acknowledgments My thanks go to our online ambassador User:Yunshui, for providing the links that I used for the citations in the lead — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bufoamer (talk • contribs) 19:39, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

Signing Off
The assignment is over and I'm done. Thanks to everyone who has contributed to the article, and to anyone who decides to carry it further. One last thing about the play that I find interesting is that while the point of Steele's thesis was to locate four of the characters within the melodrama character matrix (hero, villain, virtuous woman, and comic character) I believe that Boucicault doubled the characters; there are two sets of everything such as Bloodgood and his daughter Alida both fulfilling the role of villain. I also appreciate the gender inversion where it is the hand of the hero that is to be bought with villain Alida vs. virtuous woman Lucy fighting over him (Steele identifies Mrs. Fairweather as the prime virtuous woman of the piece). I don't know if anyone has written about this, so it can't be included on the main page. To the future, all yours. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.234.42.45 (talk) 19:39, 17 May 2013 (UTC) Bufoamer (talk) 16:24, 22 May 2013 (UTC)