EditorialThe Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as the Spirit of Joro-gumo (Harlot Spider) Disguised as the Maiko Tsumagiku (?), in the Play Shitenno Tonoi no Kisewata (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the Eleventh Month, 1781 (?). Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; J...
EditorialAmerican War of Independence (1775-1783). Boston Tea Party. December 16, 1773. Revolution of the American colonists against taxes imposed by the British Parliament on tea. Disguised as Indians, boarded British merchant ships and dumped overboard crates...
EditorialThe Actor Matsumoto Koshiro III as Kyo no Jiro Disguised as an Uiro (Panacea) Peddler from the Play Kagami-ga-ike Omokage Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the First Month, 1770. Ippitsusai Buncho; Japanese, active c. 1755-90. Date: 1765-1775....
EditorialMiss Younge, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Love, and Mr. Waldron, in th Characters of Viola, Sir Andrew Aguecheek, Sir Toby Belch, and Fabian (Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, Act 3, Scene 4).
EditorialKing Sagara performs a sacrifice. Ramayana, Bala Kanda. Udaipur, 1712. King Sagara performs the asvamedha sacrifice. A horse is let loose and his sons follow the horse. Prince Anshuman is appointed protector of the horse. Vasava, disguised as a demon, ...
EditorialLily McInerny, left, and Johnny Berchtold in the play “Camp Siegfried” at Second Stage Theater in New York, Nov. 2, 2022. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)