Louisiana State University LSU Digital Commons LSU Doctoral Dissertations Graduate School 2002 Subversive aspects of American musical theatre Donald Elgan Whittaker III Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College,
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[email protected]. SUBVERSIVE ASPECTS OF AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATRE A Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in The Department of Theatre by Donald Elgan Whittaker III B.A., Rice University, 1991 M.A., Florida State University, 1996 May 2002 To my mother and father, who taught me. ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS No enterprise is ever undertaken in a vacuum, and this work is no exception. There is no way to thank everyone who has aided in the completion of this dissertation, but I wish to note particularly the contributions of the following people. To my family, Don and Jane Whittaker, the Ritters, Tanna and Howard Ritter, I offer my deepest thanks and love. I could no more have done this without your love and support than I could fly.