Theatre is Dead
May 1, 2020
Episode 2: Litergical Theatre and the Bishop of Winchester
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In this episode, Cara and Charlie talk about theatre's holy comeback after 500 years in the dark and get personal with "Saint" Æthelwold who spiced up the Catholic mass with some theatre and drag.
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Oct 30, 2020
Episode 11: The Grand Guignol & Paula Maxa
In this episode, Charlie and Cara discuss the gory, ghastly Grand Guignol, and the original Scream Kween, Paula Max.
*Sources*
* *Theatre of Fear & Horror: The Grisly Spectacle of the Grand Guignol of Paris, 1897-1962 by Mel Gordon*
* *The Horrors of the Grand Guignol: Crash Course Theater #35*
* *IMDB, Paula Maxa**The Nervous Stage: Nineteenth-century Neuroscience and the Birth of Modern Theatre*
* *The unexpected talent of Paula Maxa, the actress who was killed 358 times [translated]*
* *Stage Death: from offstage to in-your-face*
* *GrandGuignol.com*
* *The Findesiecle Paris Theater Whose Performances Were Literally Torturous*
* *Fangrrls Forgotten Women of Genre, **Paula Maxa*
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Oct 26, 2020
Hear & Now: October 26, 2020
* Tony Nominees
* Little Shop of Horrors: Live, in person, in New Hampshire
* American Alliance for Theatre & Education to Host Leaders of Color Institute
* Alliance for Jewish Theatre Announces Virtual 2020 Conference
* ‘Black Acting Methods’ was the best-selling theatre book this past summer
* Dallas Summer Musicals Launches Virtual Professional Development Platform for Arts Educators
Streaming
* Caryl Churchill's Escaped Alone
* Skeleton Crew
* Baby Bear, Moon on a Stick Productions
* AmeriQUEER
* It Came From Theatre 3
* 12 Angry Men and Women
* Complete Works: Table Top Shakespeare: At Home
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Oct 21, 2020
Episode 10: The American Revolutionary War and Mary Otis Warren
In this episode of Theatre is Dead, Cara and Charlie get personal with revolutionary playwright and propaganda kween Mary Otis Warren and discuss how theatre might have won the American Revolution.
*Sources:*
* *THE FIRST AMERICAN THEATRE*
* *On this day 1778 Joseph Addison’s play Cato: A Tragedy was performed to the American Continental army encamped in Valley Forge*
* * Unhappy "Unhappy Differences:" The American Revolution and the Disruption of the Course of Theatre in Virginia*
* *British Soldiers' Theatre During the Revolutionary War*
* *CONGRESS BANS THEATRE!*
* *Mercy Otis Warren American writer and historian*
* *Revolutionary War BIOGRAPHY Mercy Otis Warren*
* *National Women's Hall of Fame: Mercy Otis Warren*
* *Mercy Otis Warren (1728–1814)*
* *National Women's History Museum: Mercy Otis Warren*
* *Lego stop animation: Mercy Otis Warren
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