Riots are tricky beasts. A couple of scholars who mention what riots are.
The Astor Place riots were many things, but perhaps most of all they were about geography. As will be detailed shortly, every factor we might consider — class, the celebrity actors, the competing playhouses — can well be understood in terms of their geographical distinction from one another.
We can see this one of two ways:
This is the history.
A brief history of the century and time period and all. This can be linked back to from a middle of the way theatre page for “additional information.” But history has to start here.
From there, it goes to the theatre choices.
