Sak's done it again! His updated interface to https://blplaybills.org is more mobile/tablet-friendly, and the different search options are clearer, plus his earlier OCR improvements. And checked that structured info for individual playbills!
Sak has updated the interface on his site for searching British Library playbills - it's more mobile/tablet friendly, and has all kinds of search options to play with!
https://blplaybills.org/
Shakespearean Insult Bot
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://fedi.directory/shakespearean-insult-bot/
A quick audio preview of our next episode!
In the episode, we interview the writer, director and translator Carol Rocamora, who founded and ran the Philadelphia Festival Theatre for New Plays during the 1980s and 90s.
Together in the Zoom room with us is Carol's former literary manager - the playwright Michael Hollinger.
Listen to our entire conversation wherever you get your podcasts - releasing tomorrow, Friday October 24th!
October 8th, 1900: "Ben-Hur" came to #philadelphia
The Chestnut Street Opera House hosted the tour of the biggest and most successful Broadway show of the era, starring the handsome star William Farnum.
The show was an adaptation of the 1880 novel "Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ" by Gen. Lew Wallace. It boasted a cast of 350 people.
The role of Jesus Christ was by a a 25,000 candle-power beam of light.
Have you checked out Sak Supple's https://blplaybills.org/ lately? He's been experimenting with semantic search, and improving OCR for British Library playbills.
A big boon for #TheaterHistory / #TheatreHistory!
Please let him or us know if you have feedback or ideas
‘I saw Mrs Kendal only once, not on the stage, but at Claridges when she walked through a lounge where I was waiting to be joined by Anna May Wong to taste fresh lychees for the first time in my life.’
From a book published in 1974 called ‘Dames of the Theatre’ by Eric Johns.
Mrs Kendal (Madge Kendal) was a great actress of the 19th Century.
Waiting to eat lychees with Anna May Wong though! Imagine that!
#theatre #theatredames #AnnaMayWong #MrsKendal #MadgeKendal #EricJohns #theatrehistory #britishtheatre #19thCtheatre #19thCActors #theatreactors #stageacting #Claridges
Hello World, we have to talk. My new book, The Revue in Twentieth-Century Budapest is now out with Cambridge University Press!
It’s available completely free to read for a limited time!
📚 Read it here:
🔗 https://www.cambridge.org/core/elements/revue-in-twentiethcentury-budapest/E6673114EB41ACE36B92A10049B20F93
#Revue #TheatreHistory #Budapest #OpenAccess #NewBook #CambridgeElements
Needless to say, Glaswegians flocked to both theatres to watch the drama unfold, both on stage and off, but eventually, a magistrate had to step in and ordered the two theatres to perform on alternating nights to to stop the feud getting any further out of hand.
Why this story of warring theatre impressarios hasn't yet been made into a TV drama series, I don't know, but if anyone's interested, I'd be happy to write it.
#glasgow #necropolis #theatre #glasgowhistory #theatrehistory
This is one of my favourite memorials in the Glasgow Necropolis, and there's an amusing story associated with it. It was erected in memory of the theatre impressario John Henry Alexander who died in 1851, and who already owned theatres on Carlisle and Dumfries before coming to Glasgow in the 1820s.
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