William L. Clements Library
University of Michigan
909 S University Avenue
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
William L. Clements Library presents on ZOOM: Clements Bookworm #96-Author Conversation with Amy E. Hughes, "An Actor's Tale: Theater, Culture, and Everyday Life in the Nineteenth-Century United States"
Historian and author of "An Actor's Tale: Theater, Culture, and Everyday Life in the Nineteenth-Century United States," Amy E. Hughes introduces us to playwright and actor Harry Watkins for an alternative history of nineteenth-century theater.
Hughes asks uncomfortable questions about the existence, predominance, and erasure of White male mediocrity in U.S. culture, both in the past and present. When historians focus only on performers and plays with artistic "merit," what communities, perspectives, and cultural trends remain invisible? Join us to think through these and other questions.
Free on Zoom
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The Clements Bookworm: Online Event for History Lovers: Bookworm #96
10am - 11:30am EDT
