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NEW OLD THEATER PLAY - EXPRESS 13 Jul 2011 | 01:24 am
THIS WEEKEND ONLY! Limited engagement- Embark on an excursion into the past with New Old Theater. A delightful study of strangers on a train. Not seen for over 100 years. The journey is farcical and ...
Melodrama a la Disney. 5 Mar 2011 | 08:29 am
Click for a "mellerdrammer" starring Mickey Mouse. Watch for claptraps, stage machinery, audience participation, and standard gestures!!
CHARACTER ACTORS 10 Apr 2010 | 02:44 am
I've posted here a few examples, most from the 1860s, of actors made up as standard characters -- stock or stereotype roles. Except for the woman in the breeches role, any actor could take any of thes...
QUIZ TIME 27 Mar 2010 | 04:11 am
I have eight depictions of period actors, each showing one of the Ten Major Emotions actors trained to express. Can you identify them? 1. The pose in question is that of the woman on the right. From ...
WINDOWS OF THE SOUL 20 Mar 2010 | 01:15 am
While stance and gesture were primary tools in portraying character, there was also facial make-up and expression. The positioning and movement of the eyes were especially important...one of Edmund Ke...
Maria Marten or, Murder in the Red Barn 11 Mar 2010 | 02:19 am
Contemporary drawing of The Red Barn If not the most popular Victorian play, then certainly a close runner, Maria Marten or, Murder in the Red Barn was inspired by a real-life murder in Polstead, Suf...
The Old Trouper - Archy and Mehitabel 2 Mar 2010 | 03:02 am
The Old Trouper by Don Marquis is a masterpiece of characterization and embodies the spirit of the "Crushed Tragedian" down to the namedropping and melodramatic gesture. Marquis (1878-1937) created t...
ROMANCE IN REAL LIFE 24 Sep 2009 | 03:04 am
John Maddison Morton subtitled Box and Cox as "A Romance in Real Life," signalling his parody of contemporary melodrama. Rather than heroes fighting bandits, enemy soldiers, or other villains, Morton ...
LORDS OF CREATION (song, 1838) 15 Sep 2009 | 03:50 am
In New Old Theater's production of Double the Rent, Katherine Mack performs an olio of a period song, Lords of Creation. Copyright free scans of the sheet music are below.
ADDED PERFORMANCE OF BOX AND COX 12 Sep 2009 | 03:22 am
New Old Theater will also be performing Box and Cox on Saturday, September 19, in Ellicott City. Particulars on flyer below.
