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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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Current Conversations, Eugene O'Neill, Prostitution, Uncategorized
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Moondown (1915)

June 3, 2015by Kathleen Johnson Leave a comment

                                      Two women contemplate their futures as working women (in both senses […]

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Edward Goodman, Ethel Howard, John Reed, Josephine Meyer, Moondown by John Reed (1915)
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The Web (1913)

May 14, 2015by Kathleen Johnson Leave a comment

Written in 1913 when Eugene O’Neill was convalescing from tuberculosis, The Web demonstrates the talents of the playwright early in his career.  The play does much work in just one act, as […]

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Rachel Crothers Article

March 31, 2015by Tory Lowe Leave a comment

This brief article from a November 1919 issue of the Film Daily addresses Rachel Crothers’ work with the Stage Women’s War Relief organization during World War I, as well as […]

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Playwrights, Rachel Crothers
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50,000 Girls Disappear a Year

February 19, 2015by Kathleen Johnson Leave a comment

An article in the New York Times in 1913 made the dubious claim that over 50,000 girls were abducted each year when they migrated to cities.  This is just one […]

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Immigration, Prostitution, White Slavery
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Ourselves by Rachel Crothers

December 12, 2014by Kathleen Johnson Leave a comment

The only prostitute play penned by a woman that was performed, Ourselves tells the story of what happens to prostitutes once they attempt the difficult process of reform.  The first scene […]

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Birth Control, Grace Elliston, Mattie Keene, Ourselves (1913) by Rachel Crothers, Playwrights, Rachel Crothers
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The Fight Publicity Materials

December 10, 2014by Kathleen Johnson Leave a comment

One of the most infamous censored brothel plays of the 1913 season.

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Gender, Promotional Materials, Prostitution, The Fight by Bayard Veiller, White Slavery
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The Stage Struck Girl, Theatre, November 1915

December 9, 2014by Tyler Groff Leave a comment

The Stage Struck Girl–Theatre November 1915

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Actresses & Actors, Gender, Spectatorship
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The Red Kimona (1925)

December 9, 2014by Tory Lowe Leave a comment

This is an excerpt from The Red Kimona (1925), directed by Dorothy Davenport – a.k.a. Mrs. Wallace Reid, an actress married to popular matinee idol Wallace Reid. She took his […]

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Film Clips, Gender
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The Cheat (1915)

December 9, 2014by Tory Lowe Leave a comment

The Cheat (1915) was directed by Cecil B. DeMille for Paramount Pictures, and stars Fannie Ward and Sessue Hayakawa (noted as the screen’s first Japanese American film star). The film […]

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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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