Adventures in Theater History

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Or actors from kabuki, a form of traditional Japanese theatre involving dance, sumptuous costumes, and heavily stylised drama. The mysterious Sharaku produced many such designs in the 1790s. Theatre-goers could buy prints of their favourite actors, just like modern posters.

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@Csvich I'll consider it, too! Once I figure out exactly what the heck Mastodon is, and how to use it. Meanwhile, I'm posting via my Instagram account now: instagram.com/aithpodcast/

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@schmeterpitz @simontillo @BeineckeLibrary @DrTheatreTwit @WatkinsDiary @kevinddaly @KitMarlowe_1564 @TraceLarkhall @mzbedelia @CameronPKelsall @rmdavis19 @kaleotu @edithmayhall @mlueger @Robstantinople @ecolleary @TravisStern @phindie @_WarrenHoffman @WalnutStTheatre And thanks to you for the tweets and the podcast.

@JoelBerkowitz Mine is more satiric and biting, but you are obviously just a sentimental old softie. Who knew?

@JoelBerkowitz @BobSkiba @SpiritsTH @kyle_a_thomas @BarrymoreDenise @CharlotteCanni1 @mormolyke @leviathant @joellearpdunham @JoeLex5 @Nesheaholic @WinchMD @Csvich @wychstreet @TheLadyActress @AdamCSharp @historyengland If only there was a song for this moment in Internet history! . . . Oh wait, there is: youtube.com/watch?v=vdytOG…

4) . . but others I would never have met, even virtually, without this website. It has been a pleasure, a true pleasure, and I thank you all. See you around the internet, I hope! And in real life, too. Best always, Peter

3) . . . @katherinefritz1 @IngaSaffron @mattpfeif @bxlloyd @williamdag @broadstreview @TheWilmaTheater @WendyRosenfield @RALPHREMINGTON @DearFajer @ChrisMarcil - and everybody else I've interacted with on this app over the past 11 years! I know many of you in real life . . cont.

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@JoelBerkowitz Whew! Glad you cleared that up. We were all worried.

I turned our light off because we didn’t have any candy AND A PRINCESS KNOCKED ON OUR DOOR. I gave away some of my son’s candy.

7) It's here! aithpodcast.com/the-quaker-cit…

6) Part Two, here. (Part Three on its way tomorrow!) aithpodcast.com/the-quaker-cit…

1) October 31st, 1844: As the contentious national election approached, William E. Burton, the manager of the theater on Arch Street in Philadelphia, scheduled the performance of the comedy "Whigs and Democrats, or, Love of No Politics" by the author Thomas W. White.

@joellearpdunham @joelex5 3 Even more amazing, another friend, @BobSkiba, just pointed out to me that there is a 1974-era bootleg of the ENTIRE SHOW posted on YouTube of the opening night at the Shubert Theatre in Philadelphia! youtube.com/watch?v=bBGfO-…

2) There was never a cast album of composer Albert Hague's music for "Miss Moffat". But later Nell Carter and Avon Long, accompanied by members of the original cast, did the song "Peekaboo Jehovah" during a staged tribute to Logan. (Hat tip to @JoeLex5!) youtube.com/watch?v=J43lTg…

"Miss Moffat" was a 1974 musical adaptation of the play "The Corn is Green" by Emlyn Williams. Joshua Logan directed. Starring Bette Davis, Dorian Harewood, Anne Francine, Avon Long, & Nell Carter, the show never made it out of its Philadelphia tryout run at the Shubert Theatre.

Here's the blog post on our website to go along with our new episode! Find out about the dark underbelly of the Quaker City that George Lippard was attempting to expose with his scandalous 1844 play! Or, as we say in Philly: WO UNTO SODOM. aithpodcast.com/blog/wo-unto-s…