1865: Meet the Countess of Castiglione
In the 1860s, 'La Divine Comtesse' was considered the most beautiful woman of her day
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A collection of 10 Posts
Shakespeare’s Lost Years
Tinker? Tailor? Soldier? Spy? Howard Linskey looks back at the most mysterious phase of Shakespeare's life
1917: Johnny Reynolds, 'Human Fly', Thrills Crowd
On Wednesday 5 September 1917, the daredevil climber Johnny Reynolds performed in Washington D.C.
Entertaining America: the Federal Theatre Project with James Shapiro
The origins of today's Culture Wars can be found in the 1930s, argues James Shapiro
The Most Famous Actress in the Georgian World
On her retirement the television producer Jo Willett set out to write a biography of Sarah Siddons
Anna May Wong's Performance of a Lifetime
Katie Gee Salisbury takes us to London in 1928, as Anna May Wong prepared to give the performance of her life
1949: The Chicago Theatre
The bright lights of the 'wonder theatre of the world' caught the attention of a young Stanley Kubrick
