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Maggie Mitchell’s Source of Fame and Fortune [published Jul7 27, 1884]

jpkntz November 16, 2023

      I went down to Long Branch the other...

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• Actors
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Managers of the Union Square Theatre [published June 21, 1885]

jpkntz October 30, 2023

      By one of those odd coincidences which sometimes...

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• Actors
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Humble Origins of Famous 19th Century Actors [published Aug. 13, 1882]

jpkntz October 8, 2023

      Meetin’ a lot of theatrical people the other...

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• Disasters
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The Deadly Theatre Fires of New York [published Mar. 27, 1881]

jpkntz October 3, 2023

      The terrible catastrophe at the Opera House in...

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• Religion
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Christ’s Passion Didn’t Play in New York [published Mar. 3, 1883]

jpkntz September 25, 2023

      For a play that has never yet been...

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Horace Greeley’s Actress Infatuation [published Feb. 26, 1882]

jpkntz September 8, 2023

      People who knew Horace Greeley, and people who...

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• Actors
• Religion
• Theater

Theater Managers of the Past Generation [published Sep. 18, 1881)

jpkntz August 20, 2023

      I passed Harry Jarrett recently on Broadway, and...

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• Actors
• Theater

Wilkins’ Dramatic Academy [published Sep. 21, 1884]

jpkntz August 14, 2023

      Somebody said in my hearin’ the other day...

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• Actors
• Marriage and Divorce
• Theater

Sophocles in New York and Other Actor Foibles [published Aug. 14, 1881]

jpkntz August 12, 2023

      The papers lately made quite a time about...

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• Artists
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• Writers and Editors

The First Successful American Dramatist [published May 18, 1884]

jpkntz August 7, 2023

      I attended Boucicault’s recent address to the theatrical...

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