Tag: Theater
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The Charlotte Cushman Club records: A Window on Philadelphia Theater History
Written by Siel Agugliaro Perhaps even more than their male colleagues, actresses are often treated like cultural icons dangerously running on the sharp edge between scandal and sanctity, supported and haunted at the same time by an endless flow of more or less authorized anecdotes, interviews, photographs, Instagram posts, Facebook likes, and Twitter followers. But a…
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Frozen Dolls and Famous Actresses: A Tale of Two Charlottes
Written by Siel Agugliaro Somewhere in the New England countryside, first half of the nineteenth century. It is a cold winter night. In a lonely home on the side of a mountain, a young woman named Charlotte is dressing up to go to the ball. Only, the ball will be held in an inn fifteen…
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