Octoroon
This playbill from Royal Queen's Theatre and Opera House Edinburgh, February 26 and 27, 1862, is just a couple of...
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The Octoroon opened at a particularly charged time in US and New York City history. The timing of the New...
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Born in Scotland, in 1833, Robertson began acting as a child. Early in her career, Robertson performed with such transatlantic...
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Late on the night of October 16, 1859, John Brown and twenty-one armed followers stole into the town of Harper’s...
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The New York Herald editorial entitled "Abolition On and Off the Stage" that we show here was published the day...
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John Brown was a controversial figure who played a major role in leading the United States to civil war. He...
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This review has reprinted what it described as the “sensation scene” of the drama but also noted the “reluctance” felt...
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The Octoroon opened in London on November 18, 1861 (though with understudy to Robertson in the role of Zoe Peyton...
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Pro-South democrat Fernando Wood was elected mayor of New York City on December 6, the same day that The Octoroon...
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This "Argus" article reviews Madame Marie Duret, taking the role of Zoe Peyton for the opening night of "The Octoroon...
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In 1858, shortly before The Octoroon was written, Australian legislator William Hull asserted to a Select Committee of the Legislative...
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The Octoroon was performed on the colonial stages of Australia a full ten months before it was staged in London.
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The Octoroon was performed on the colonial stages of Australia a full ten months before it was staged in London.
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The Illustrated London News reported on the Queen's Theatre and Opera House in their 14th of February 1857 edition:- “This...
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The Illustrated London News reported on the Queen's Theatre and Opera House in their 14th of February 1857 edition:- “This...
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This playbill from Royal Queen's Theatre and Opera House Edinburgh, February 26 and 27, 1862, is just a couple of...
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"At the University of Kent, in Canterbury, England, we have explored an Octoroon promptbook belonging to Frederick Wilton, an actor...
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