Most plays in early american theaters were performances adapted from european plays.
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Most plays in early American theaters were melodramatic performances adapted from European plays.

At the beginning of the history of the theatre in America the plays were mostly melodramas adapted from European plays, for example Shakespeare works were very common at the time.

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