Theatre History Podcast # 17

Dr. Anita Gonzalez Introduces Listeners to 19thcenturyacts.com

09 January 2017

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This podcast keeps returning to the question of how we can reconstruct theatrical performances from bygone days. For the last few years, the website 19thcenturyacts.com has done just that. It was developed by a team led by Anita Gonzalez, of the University of Michigan, as well as Project Manager and Designer Clara McClenon. The site allows visitors to both see and hear what it was like to watch some of the most prominent stars of the nineteenth century perform onstage.

Oil painting of Ira Aldridge as Othello, c. 1830. Courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution and 19thcenturyacts.com.

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vintage photo — Ira Aldridge as Mungo in *The Padlock*, c. 1820-40. Via Wikimedia Commons & 19thcenturyacts.com.

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This podcast aims to introduce listeners to the artists, scholars, and archivists who are working to bring the history of performance to life. We hope that, by listening to this show, you’ll learn about exciting new performances, fascinating books, and valuable repositories of knowledge, all of which will help you better understand theatre’s history.

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