Social media of the 1980s
My connection to the Battle of Peach Tree Creek is not what I thought it was.
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Getting Ready for Restoration
He hinted to his friends that he was Shakespeare's bastard son. He plotted against Parliament. His actions during the theater ban were absolutely NOT a good model for us in the current pandemic. Except that, in another way, they are.
Government Shuts Theaters: 1642
When theater came back, it came back with a roar; so how did it survive? How did the people who made it survive?
“Murderess” in New Mexico
Toad Hall Theatre of Las Cruces, NM will present "Murderess" for four performances over the next two weekends.
Mary S., Mary W. and the pursuit of happiness
In Miranda Seymour's biography of Mary Shelley, I ran across an arresting quote from a novel by Mary's mother, the philosopher Mary Wollstonecraft.
Technology, competition and cousins: or, How my grandfather learned to tat
I don’t have any clear memories of my maternal grandfather, who died when I was two. He was born in 1884, grew up in the small town of Paw Paw, Illinois, got a medical degree from Northwestern in 1908 and practiced until the 1950s, when he retired from his position as Medical Director of the...
“Murderess” in Indiana
Evansville Civic Theatre will be producing four performances of Murderess in November as part of their Underground series. To celebrate, I thought I’d share the trailers from previous productions. Here’s the one from Theatre Unbound’s 2012 production in St. Paul: And here’s the one from Gamut Theatre Group’s 2019 production in Harrisburg, PA:
Jennie, part 2: “She was my ideal”
What came in between the grim look on her face in the picture last time, and this triumphant grin?
Jennie, part 1: The Defalcation
In the summer of 1892, my great-great-grandmother's first husband made the national news.
Diary 1862: The complete text
I hope you enjoy Catharine's voice as much as I do.