Introduction, 1. Timour the Tartar; A Melo Drame In Two Acts, by M. G. (Matthew Gregory) Lewis (1811), 2. The Battle of Waterloo, A Grand Military Melodrama, In Three Acts, by J. H. Amherst (1824), 3. Mazeppa: A Romantic Drama, In Three Acts, by Henry M. Milner (1831), 4. The Whip, by Cecli Raleigh and Henry Hamilton (1909)
Biography
Kimberly Poppiti has been exploring the connections between horses and theatre for decades. She is the author of A History of Equestrian Drama in the United States: Hippodrama’s Pure Air and Fire (Routledge, 2018) and numerous related articles. Kimberly is also a two-time winner of the United States Institute for Theatre Technology’s Herbert D. Greggs Award, as well as the recipient of a Greggs Merit Award, for her writing on theatre design and technology. She holds a PhD in Educational Theatre from New York University and an MFA in Dramaturgy from Stony Brook University, and teaches at St. Joseph’s University in New York. Visit her online at: http://kimberlypoppiti.com/
