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Category Archives: Actresses & Actors

Nobody’s Sister, The Masses, January 1915

April 16, 2015by Tyler Groff

A short story that explores themes of prostitution and poverty. James-Hale-Nobodys-Sister-January-1915-Vol.-6-No.-4

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Actresses & Actors, Gender, Prostitution

Why Does the Sensuous Appeal Prevail on Stage, Theatre, November 1915

April 16, 2015by Tyler Groff

An essay that explores stage presence and de Wagstaffe’s notion of the “sensuous appeal.” William-de-Wagstaffe-Why-Does-the-Sensuous-Prevail-on-the-Stage-November-1915

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Actresses & Actors, Costume Designers, Gender, Spectatorship

Freak Plays, Theatre, July 1915

December 9, 2014by Tyler Groff

Freak Plays–Theatre–July, 1915

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Actresses & Actors, Costume Designers, Directors, Fashion, Gender

The Stage Struck Girl, Theatre, November 1915

December 9, 2014by Tyler Groff

The Stage Struck Girl–Theatre November 1915

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Actresses & Actors, Gender, Spectatorship

Evelyn Nesbit in My Little Sister (1919)

December 9, 2014by Tory Lowe

This review of the film adaptation of Elisabeth Robins’ My Little Sister (1919) appeared in the magazine Moving Picture World. The review describes the “sensation” the play caused upon its […]

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Actresses & Actors, Elizabeth Robins, Evelyn Nesbit, Film Analyses, My Little Sister (1913) by Elizabeth Robins

Frank Kemble Cooper Obituary

December 9, 2014by Tory Lowe

Frank Kemble Cooper, who originated the role of Andrew Benson in “East is West” (1918), died of pneumonia during the play’s run. His obituary was published in Variety‘s January 3, […]

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A Shanghai Cinderella (renamed East is West, 1918) by Samuel Shipman and John B. Hymer, Actresses & Actors

Is the Stage a Perilous Place for the Young Girl, Theatre, January 1915

December 2, 2014by Kathleen Johnson

Edith-Wynne-Matthison-and-Lillian-Russell-Is-the-Stage-a-Perilous-Place-for-the-Young-Girl-December-1914-and-January-1915

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Actresses & Actors, Gender, Obscenity & Censorship, Spectatorship

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SEX FOR SALE: SIX PROGRESSIVE-ERA BROTHEL DRAMAS

Sisters in Sin: Brothel Drama in America, 1900 – 1920

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