Salomania! The Salome Dance Craze
An analysis of the Salomania dance craze in early twentieth-century culture by Marlis Schweitzer.
Category Archives: Current Conversations
The “Current Conversations” tab seeks to make connections between Progressive-Era culture and current debates. Click on the links below to see how the topic of prostitution, and plays and films about it, find expression in our modern times.
The O’Neill Show
Katie N. Johnson, Beth Wynstra and Steve Bloom discuss Eugene O’Neill’s works on the Dan O’Neill Show. Aired 6/6/2015.
London revival of “Anna Christie” by Donmar Warehouse
London’s Donmar Warehouse’s 2011 revival of “Anna Christie,” featuring Jude Law and Ruth Wilson, achieved the ambiguity that O’Neill so fervently believed should define the play. The story of a […]
Rediscovering Kate Carew
Kate Carew was a reporter and caricaturist who reported on white slavery, among other topics, in 1910. […]
Play a Hooker and Win an Oscar
In this article, Bernard Weintraub notes that “the first Academy Award for best actress was given in 1928 to Janet Gaynor for her […]