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american theater history

Although we in the 1990s live in a fame-obsessed times, we're not the first generation to be fixated on the stars and starlets of the performing arts. The mid-19th- through the early-20th centuries was also a period of massive activity in the theater world; aided by photography, the era witnessed the rise of the modern-style celebrity. The online publication Footlight Notes gets you inside the theater world of a century ago, by profiling the major figures and shows of the time. The texts are peppered with wonderful, rare photos of long-forgotten stars like Wanda Radford and Esther Austin. This site's updated weekly, so stop by regularly for your dose of American theater history.

Tue, 30 Nov 1999 04:07:05 -0800