Oxford Handbook of Greek Drama in the Americas, Oxford University Press, 2015. Edited by Kathryn Bosher, Fiona Macintosh, Justine McConnell, and Patrice Rankine.
This chapter treats classicizing theater in Philadelphia from the death of Washington to the immediate aftermath of the Civil War, with particular focus on receptions of the character of Medea and on different responses to her by African-American and European-American audiences.