Cover of play manuscript with the words "April 9th, 1692: Cleomenes and the Crown"
We come to you this #theaterthursday with devastating news: performance of Cleomenes (the new play we've all been waiting for) has been royally PROHIBITED!
Read more about the 👑's censorship of Cleomenes here: blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/...
#digitalhumanities #18thc #theaterhistory
"Adventures in Theater History: Philadelphia" is a collection of stories and fascinating facets of theater history in Philadelphia.
💻️: https://tinyurl.com/mty4xtam
#philadelphiahistory #theaterhistory #historyofthearts
For this #theaterthursday, we're taking it easy (in line with Restoration Era tradition, of course)
Read about it here: blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/...
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Today we're spotlighting a celebrity of the London Stage-- one SO famous that even her nights out were the subject of public interest.
Check out this week's #theaterthursday to read about the Restoration icon, Nell Gwyn: blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/...
#digitalhumanities #18thc #theaterhistory
Take your seats, silence your phones, and, whatever you do, PLEASE refrain from climbing onstage!
Check out this week's #theatertthursday on the stage loungers, audience riots, and meddling managers of the London Stage: blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/...
#digitalhumanities #18thc #theaterhistory
The first vaudeville theater opened on this day in 1883, forever changing the landscape of American entertainment! #RandomFact #DailyFact #Vaudeville #TheaterHistory #AmericanCulture
Meet the 9 Black Women Who Rewrote Australian Theatre History: They stepped onto stages that weren’t built for them, spoke lines that had rarely been spoken by voices like theirs, and in…
The post Meet… #BlackWomenInTheatre #AustralianTheatre #TheaterHistory #RepresentationMatters #DiversityInArts
Happy #theaterthursday!
This week we celebrate the return of the King’s Company after a fire left them tragically theater-less.
Read about the 🔥 on Drury Lane and the company’s return to the stage here: blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/...
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#theaterthursday 🎭
On this day in history, 1661: Samuel Pepys sees a show, says women (now on-stage) make it "much better" than previously all-male casts, and ends the night with an ale!
More RE: Pepys's night out here
blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/...
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#AmericanHistory #Minstrelsy #CulturalHistory #RacismInAmerica #TheaterHistory #minstrel
It's #theaterthursday, our new weekly blog series spotlighting London Stage events from this day in history!
Feb. 5, 1704: a story of rival sopranos and ORANGES thrown from the audience!
Read about the 🍊 ordeal here: blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/...
#digitalhumanities #18thc #theaterhistory
It's a bird! It's a plane! It's- new Research Assistants for the London Stage Database!?
You heard that right folks! 🎉 Read all about our new RAs, Ceilidh and Rose, in our latest blog post!
blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/...
#digitalhumanities #c18 #18thc #humanities #theaterhistory
Attention all fans of The London Stage Database! 📣
Thanks to a new, internal grant, the LSDB is officially able to resume active development! Read our blog post about the news here:
blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/...
#digitalhumanities #c18 #18thc #humanities #theaterhistory
A sound clip from out new episode, released today!
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"Adventures in Theater History: Philadelphia" is a collection of stories and fascinating facets of theater history in Philadelphia.
💻️: https://tinyurl.com/mty4xtam
#philadelphiahistory #theaterhistory #historyofthearts
Sak's done it again! His updated interface to 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!
#TheatreHistory #TheaterHistory #MuseTech
A view from the projection booth of the convention floor in the theater.
A view from behind the panel where the organ once sat.
Some vintage wallpaper, with a raised textural design
A cabinet to hold reels.
The second day of the Dark History & Horror CON was great. I had a chance to sneak behind the scenes and up to the projection room. A somewhat perilous journey up tiny steps and tiny hallways, I almost chickened out. I'm glad I didn't. 1/6 #TheaterHistory #OrpheumTheater
🎭 On This Day in Black History – October 19, 1943 🎭
Legendary actor, singer, and activist Paul Robeson made history when he starred as Othello on Broadway, the first Black actor to play the role.
#BlackHistory #PaulRobeson #OnThisDay #Othello #TheaterHistory
Am also seeing Buffalo's own William Wells Brown credited as the first Black playwright in America. Is that still the consensus?
#BlackHistory
#TheaterHistory
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This day in #StrangeAsItSeems history!
October 11th, 1943
#LeroyMills #FootballHistory #AncientGreece #TheaterHistory #stlawrenceriver
www.youtube.com/@strangeasit...
In which Sak Supple shares his experiments with using LLMs to transcribe 18th and 19th century playbills from the British Library - manicules, long 's' and all! 'blplaybills.org: better search results using LLMs' www.bl.uk/stories/blog...
#OCR #TheaterHistory #LLMs #AI #ATR
September 2, 1982 - Manchester Evening News - A look at Tom Baker's starring in the London production of Educating Rita.
#TomBaker #EducatingRita #ManchesterEveningNews #LondonTheatre #1982news #theaterhistory
Have you checked out Sak Supple's 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
A new review from a listener of our podcast! #theater #theatre #theaterhistory #theatrehistory #philadelphia #podcast #happypodcaster
NEW EPISODE!!! "The Wilma Story, Part Two"
Find us on any podcasting app, on YouTube, or listen right on our website!
#theater #theaterhistory #theatre #theatrehistory
www.aithpodcast.com/the-wilma-st...
TIL that our database includes performances of a play called "A Rehearsal of Kings; or, The Projecting Gingerbread Baker: With the unheard of Catastrophe of Macplunderkan, King of Roguomania and the Ignoble Fall of Baron Troperland, King of Clouts" #academicsky #digitalhumanities #theaterhistory
