19 May 2009
Playing Out the Empire: Ben-Hur and Other Toga Plays and Films, 1883-1908. A Critical Anthology (Hardcover)
Review “A fascinating volume.”–Nineteenth-Century Literature
The “toga play” is a genre of theatrical melodrama which flourished in the late nineteenth century and which re-emerged in silent cinema and later Holly...
09 May 2009
John Davis Plays Blind Tom: The Eighth Wonder
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Between 1857 and 1904, Tom Wiggins led a life fit for the big screen: He was born a blind slave, but his masters soon discovered his real value lay in his prolific talents at the piano. Billed as both “The Eighth Wonder of the...
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