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London revival of “Anna Christie” by Donmar Warehouse

June 4, 2015by Kathleen Johnson Leave a comment

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 […]

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Moondown Publicity Photo

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Comstock’s Crusade Against Obscenity

December 12, 2014by Kathleen Johnson Leave a comment

  Cartoon of Anthony Comstock waging war against the wicked flesh upon the stage.

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Katie N. Johnson

December 7, 2014by Kathleen Johnson Leave a comment

Katie N. Johnson is Associate Professor of English and an Affiliate of Film and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Miami University of Ohio. She is the author of Sisters […]

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Tyler Groff

December 7, 2014by Kathleen Johnson Leave a comment

Tyler Groff is a second year doctoral student in English with a research focus situated in late-nineteenth-century and early-twentieth-century British literature and drama. He is currently exploring ways in which […]

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Katie N. Johnson

December 6, 2014by Kathleen Johnson Leave a comment

  Katie N. Johnson is Associate Professor of English and an Affiliate of Film and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Miami University of Ohio. She is the author of […]

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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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