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Or actors from kabuki, a form of traditional Japanese theatre involving dance, sumptuous costumes, and heavily stylised drama.
The mysterious Sharaku produced many such designs in the 1790s. Theatre-goers could buy prints of their favourite actors, just like modern posters.
ALT Nakamura Nakazō II as the farmer Tsuchizō, actually Prince Koretaka by Sharaku (1795)
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1) October 31st, 1844: As the contentious national election approached, William E. Burton, the manager of the theater on Arch Street in Philadelphia, scheduled the performance of the comedy "Whigs and Democrats, or, Love of No Politics" by the author Thomas W. White.
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Here's the blog post on our website to go along with our new episode! Find out about the dark underbelly of the Quaker City that George Lippard was attempting to expose with his scandalous 1844 play!
Or, as we say in Philly: WO UNTO SODOM.
aithpodcast.com/blog/wo-unto…
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Philadelphia's @WalnutStTheatre has challenged Houston's @alleytheatre to a World Series bet! Who are you rooting for?
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October 1991: "Achilles," a play done in Kabuki style, performs in the Great Hall of the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Adapted from Homer's Iliad by playwright Karen Sunde, the People's Light & Theatre acting company was supervised by master teacher Shozo Sato.
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9) A great deal of the text of this thread post is from our Episode #10, "George Frederick Cooke Heads to Philadelphia." You can hear the whole episode on Apple Podcasts or wherever else you get your pods on! Or, you can go right to our website:
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1) March 25, 1811: It was the opening day of George Frederick Cooke’s much-anticipated run at the New Theatre on Chestnut Street. His scheduled first appearance in Philadelphia had already been postponed, due to the actor being "indisposed." (Might account for the alarming typo)
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October 12, 1832: The young English actress and poet Fanny Kemble makes her Philadelphia debut at the Chestnut Street Theatre.
After being the sensation of London's theaters for the past two seasons, Miss Kemble and her father Charles Kemble were making a grand tour of America.
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Aug. 20, 1938: Philadelphia Inquirer prints a front page full of stories linking Democrats and FDR to leftist agenda. At the top center was a story about HUAC hearings grilling of "pinkish" Hallie Flanagan and the WPA's Federal Theatre Project was called a "Hotbed of Communism."
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Very sad to learn the news of the passing of the great Philadelphia actress and singer Joilet Harris-Lawton today. Our deepest condolences to her grieving friends and family. But as she herself surely would have put it, she has been Called Home to Glory.
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2) As always, there is a blog post on our website to accompany our episode, with lots of images and further information . . . including this portrait of the #Philadelphia author of "The Quaker City," George Lippard. aithpodcast.com/blog/george-…
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Our new episode is up! The excitement, drama, and conflict in the Quaker City continues!
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For #IndigenousPeoplesDay, we re-post the link to our Episode #20 - "Native American Performance in 19th Century Philadelphia."
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Oct. 3, 2011: At Philadelphia's annual Barrymore Awards, James Ijames received the Best Supporting Actor award for his work as Franco in the Arden Theatre's "Superior Donuts". He was also named as the recipient of the F. Otto Haas Award for an Emerging Theatre Artist.
ALT There are four images in a montage of photos of James Ijames. In two of them, he is seen in costume for the play "Superior Donuts " and is wearing an orange t-shirt, a hoodie, and a stocking cap. In one he is in a suit and tie, wearing glasses, and standing next to the actress Lavita Shaurice at the Barrymore Awards Ceremony. In the final photo he is looking at the camera, wearing an open-necked white shirt.
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As always, there is a blog post on our website to accompany our latest episode. Check it out for more details and images about The Quaker City - and America - in 1844! aithpodcast.com/blog/philade…
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The first episode of Season Two is here!
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Season Two of "Adventures in Theater History" is almost here!
Riots, corruption, murder, seduction, censorship, racism, religion, politics, and violence. . . Get ready for the release tomorrow of our first episode - Part One of "The Quaker City: The Forbidden Play of 1844"!
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1) September 27, 1839: Edwin Forrest performed the role of Cardinal Richelieu in Edward Bulwer-Lytton's verse drama "Richelieu, or the Conspiracy" for the fourth time in his two-week engagement at the American Theatre on Walnut Street in Philadelphia.
