Actors

macduff

Edwin Forrest and Wasted Talent [published Nov. 2, 1884]

jpkntz May 13, 2024

Goin’ along Lispenard street, the other day, I...

oldbarn

Edwin Booth’s Debut; A Prank on Joe Jefferson [published Dec. 9, 1883]

jpkntz April 25, 2024

The reappearance of Edwin Booth in New York,...

aldridge-plaque

Ira Aldridge, Forced From New York By Prejudice [published Oct 1, 1882]

jpkntz March 15, 2024

Burnt Cork and negro minstrels have always been...

Mowatt_anna_cora

Stage Fright and Stage Pluck [published Feb. 19, 1882]

jpkntz March 6, 2024

Some actors at my little theatre the other...

inkstand

A Fracas With Lola Montez; A Spat With Adah Isaacs Menken [published June 26, 1881]

jpkntz February 26, 2024

I saw John Mullaly the other day passin’...

horsewhip

Two Odd Characters of the Stage [published Apr. 24, 1881]

jpkntz February 20, 2024

One of the funniest people ever connected with...

Wallack_lester

Lester Wallack, American Theater Icon and Anglophile [published July 20, 1884]

jpkntz January 30, 2024

Everybody knows Lester Wallack, and yet it is...

Thorn_Alice

Marriage Challenges of Women of the Stage [published Oct. 23, 1881]

jpkntz January 17, 2024

There has been for some time a rumor...

StagePrompter2

Sol Smith’s Theatre Company [published Nov. 29, 1885]

jpkntz January 10, 2024

The New York amusement-goin’ world is full of...

Power_Tyrone_I

Two Actors, Two Friends, Two Marine Disasters [published Nov. 18, 1883]

jpkntz January 1, 2024

The other night, when the wind was whistlin’...