A sound clip from our new episode!

Herbert J. Biberman, is famous in Hollywood history for being "One of the Hollywood Ten."

But his Philadelphia origin story - and his career in its theater world - is almost completely unknown . . . . because he wanted it that way.

(Link to our website, with all podcast episodes is in our Bio)

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"Ballet, ambition, and destiny collide as a family chases beauty across an era transformed by upheaval."

Excerpt: Dance of the Earth by Anna M Holmes 🩰✨🌍

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👉 https://archaeolibrarian.wixsite.com/website/post/dance-of-the-earth-by-anna-m-holmes

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/

#theaterHistory #theatrehistory #playbills #MuseTech

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!

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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.

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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!

#theatre #theatredames #AnnaMayWong #MrsKendal #MadgeKendal #EricJohns #theatrehistory #britishtheatre #19thCtheatre #19thCActors #theatreactors #stageacting #Claridges