Articles"The Divine Sarah"
One of the most lauded actresses the world has ever seen, The Divine Sarah visited Kansas City on five of her nine U.S. tours. During World War I, she raised interest among Americans through her performances, trying to subtly influence the country to join the war.
The UMRB grant gave me the time to go to the downtown library and sit there all day, reading newspapers, immersed in the past.
Preserving the Enchanted Years of the Stage
Felicia Hardison Londré
Professor, Theatre
UM Kansas City
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Related Links
- Londré's Departmental Website
- Theatre Department at UMKC
- Kansas City Repertory Theatre (formerly Missouri Repertory Theatre)
- The Enchanted Years of the Stage: Kansas City at the Crossroads of American Theatre (2007)
- “Lorca in Metamorphosis: His Posthumous Plays”
- Jackson County Historical Society
- "The Kansas City Stage: A Personal View of Our Theatre" (lecture by Londré)
- "A Streetcar Running Fifty Years" (article by Londré)
- The Questionable Identity of Shakespeare (video podcast - iTunes required)
- "Twitting O’Neill: His Plays of the 1920s Subjected to La Critique Créatrice"