abstract:The Drunkard; or, The Fallen Saved is an American temperance play first performed in 1844."The Drunkard: Author's preface (1850 edition) in Uncle Tom's Cabin & American Culture: A Multi-media Archive on the University of Virginia website A drama in five acts, it was perhaps the most popular play produced in the United States before the dramatization of Uncle Tom's Cabin "The Drunkard" in Uncle Tom's Cabin & American Culture: A Multi-media Archive on the University of Virginia website in the 1850s.
It's hard to tell in the reddish darkness of the Apple Barrel, a cluttered jazz bar on Frenchmen Street, especially when a drunkard wobbles by, momentarily blocking the view of the tiny stage.