A History of Equestrian Drama in the United States

Preface

The process of researching and writing this book began years ago, developing originally out of my love for horses and my studies in theatre, and subsequently growing as my curiosity about the combination of the two increased. My early research included Arthur Saxon’s 1968 study on “Hippodrama in England and France.” When I read this for the first time, I was motivated to seek out a similar record of horses onstage in the United States; finding that none existed, I began to research and chronicle the development of the form myself. The first formal study I made on this subject was presented in my doctoral dissertation at New York University; after that was completed, my interest and my research continued, and eventually led me to write ...