America’s fifth President found himself directing "The Era of Good Feelings," but the appellation would have disturbed the subject of this play, for he is involved in a momentous decision threatening to destroy the early American experiment: The Missouri Compromise. Further, he is beset by an economic depression which results (ultimately) in a bank panic and yet he manages to maintain peace in a household seemingly devoted to social events. His wife Elizabeth directs a "social" which surrounds an impassioned Henry Clay, a diplomatic William Crawford, and a President attempting to find middle ground.
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Each of these short plays ... seizes the moment and renders it in complete dramatic opposition and resolution. -- J.H. Crouch, Professor Emeritus of the University of Colorado and Founder of the Colorado Shakespeare Festival
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What a wonderful way to introduce the Missouri Compromise into the classroom amid the bank panic that surrounded its passage through the Congress! Students should be so lucky.
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