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by Charlie Mitchell (Author)
The story of Charm City on stage.
Baltimore's dynamic theatrical tradition had hard-scrabble beginnings in the eighteenth century. The popularity of the theater only grew, continuing to the vaudeville and burlesque boom of the early 20th century. Discover the sometimes brilliant, sometimes heart-breaking stories of the actors Baltimore clamored to see and the riots that broke out when they hated what they saw. Key figures such as Lewis Hallam, the Peales, Laura Keene, John T. Ford and James Kernan sought to stage their own versions of the world in playhouses that reflected an ever changing American culture.
Let theatrical historian Charlie Mitchell take you on a fascinating journey through this bygone era.
Author Biography
Dr. Charlie Mitchell is an associate professor of theater at the University of Florida, where he teaches history and performance. He is a graduate of Boston University and the University of Colorado-Boulder. Charlie has worked as an actor and director for a variety of theaters in New York, Chicago, Gainesville and Baltimore, where he was an artistic associate with the award-winning Chesapeake Shakespeare Company. He is the author of Shakespeare and Public Execution, co-editor of Zora Neale Hurston: Collected Plays and a contributor and editor of Theatrical Worlds, the first open-source introductory theater textbook. He is also the author of several plays, including The Snow Queen and The Report.
