Theatre 1886
Theatre 1886
In New York, Daniel Frohman* hires David Belasco* to direct at the Lyceum* theatre where they will build up a terrific company.
1885-6 - This year Ibsen* continues his use of symbolism* in another play, Rosmersholm*. 1886 In the U.S. this year there is violence in Chicago. The whole thing grows out of labor's
drive for an eight-hour work day. On May 4th there is a demonstration staged by anarchists* in Haymarket Square* that attracts about 1,500 people. The police attempts to disperse the crowd (this happens a lot in Chicago). At this point a bomb explodes and the whole thing turns into a riot. Eleven people are killed (seven police and four workers) and more than 100 others are wounded. This whole anarchist* business is getting really bad press and eight anarchists* are tried. Even though there is no evidence to tie them to the bombing they are convicted of inciting to violence. Four are hanged, one commits suicide and the rest serve seven years before they are eventually pardoned. That labor organization, Knights of Labor*, is also blamed for the riot, even though they had nothing to do with it. They are a little radical and their influence will shrink from here on.
Samuel Gompers*' labor organization becomes the American Federation of Labor* this year and he becomes its president. He will keep trying to tone down, or oust, the radical and Samuel Gompers*' labor organization becomes the American Federation of Labor* this year and he becomes its president. He will keep trying to tone down, or oust, the radical and
Meanwhile, Anarchists* are becoming a greater problem all over. This year Emma Goldman* (1869-1940), a Russian anarchist*, emigrates to America. She will be followed, next year, by
a fellow countryman, Alexander Berkman* (1870?-1936). Together they will publish Mother Earth. She will be imprisoned (and eventually kicked out of the country) for inciting to riot, advocating birth control and pacifism. He will be considerably more violent.
On the good side, the last rivet is driven and President Grover Cleveland* dedicates the French gift of the Statue of Liberty* Enlightening the World as a symbol of freedom in New York Harbor.
The Apache Indian leader, Geronimo* (1829-1909), surrenders. Also in America, one of those capitalists, Andrew Mellon* (1855-1937), takes over his
father's banking firm and starts expanding. He will become one of the major players in the country's industrial expansion.
Nietzsche* comes out with his Beyond Good and Evil*. Germany is in the African territory business, too, and this year they establish the German
protectorate of Togoland (in western Africa, the historic region of Togoland is now partly in the eastern part of what is now Ghana and partly the Republic of Tonga).
Yes, they are still trying to dig that Panama canal and this year de Lesseps* visits Panama to cheer them on, despite a terrific death-rate (three out of four who go in the hospital die). They have a huge celebration to welcome the old man (de Lesseps* is 80) but things don't look good.
Parts
» Euripides* And The Crumbling State
» Aristophanes* - He Who Laughs Last, Laughs Best
» Take The Frogs* for instance -
» Alexander And Logical Thinking
» Rome While all this is going on in the Greek-dominated Hellenistic world, the Romans* are busy
» Roman Writers c.275 BCE - c.110 BCE During The Era Of Senate Supremacy
» From Classical Light Into The Dark Ages The Fifth Century
» The End of the Western Empire in Italy
» Why Europe Isn't Very Interesting In The Sixth Century
» Islam* Enters Europe As We Enter The Eighth Century
» Vikings Move On As Does Islamic Culture
» Theatre Reappears In Bits And Pieces As We Move Onward Into The Tenth Century
» Europe Moves On Into The Eleventh Century
» As The Twelfth Century Begins Economic And Intellectual Profits
» The Third Crusade The One We All Remember
» More Crusades And A Small Renaissance As We Go Into The Thirteenth Century
» The Small Renaissance Part of the Century
» THEATRICAL PERFORMANCE SPACE IN CHURCH DRAMA -
» The Fourteenth Century And We Come To The Down Part Of The Late Middle Ages
» The Black Death* Comes To Europe
» Everything Takes Off In All Directions At Once
» The Renaissance Officially Begins
» Italian Theatrical Renaissance Gets Going
» Brief Consideration of the Range of Plays
» The Winds Of Reformation* Begin In Germany -
» Theatrical Scenery Takes Off
» Background for Spanish Theatre -
» Other Current Spanish Playwrights
» The English Renaissance 1588-1629
» Sources Of English Playwrighting
» William Shakespeare* -(1564-1616)
» English Settlements Begin In America
» Spanish Court Theatre Flourishes
» The French Theatre Finally Gets Up and Running Introduction
» Back in France Richelieu* Pushes Theatre Development
» English Religious Opposition Increases
» England Falls into Civil War
» English Restoration Theatre Begins
» Middle Class and Sentimental English Theatre
» Europe and America in Social Ferment
» Germany and the Beginnings of Romanticism
» American Revolutionary Times Begin
» Melodrama,* Popular Theatre, and Napoleon MELODRAMA*
» Realistic Elements In Production
» Political Philosophy Moves On
» The Mexican War* and Nationalism
» The 1848 Revolutions and Nationalism
» Some of his best known plays:
» 1908 - Theatre Theorists Publish
» New Connections, New Starts - 1911 -
» And After 1914-1925 Introduction
» The Russian Revolution - 1917
» America Draws Back Into Its Shell -
» Second World War and Its Aftermath
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