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Oct 17, 2023

The Lucrative Tours of the Highly Improper Actress

Today’s lucrative tours headlined by the women musicians, Taylor Swift, Madonna, and Beyoncé, are reminiscent of the Highly Improper…

The Lucrative Tours of the Highly Improper Actress

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Apr 28, 2022

The Rivalry of the Dracula and Dorian Gray Authors

The story of Bram Stoker and Oscar Wilde, two Dubliner competitors who vied for the same girl, career, and acclaim

The Rivalry of the Dracula and Dorian Gray Authors

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Aug 30, 2021

Florence Stoker, the woman who copyrighted Dracula

Florence Anne Lemon Balcombe was one of five daughters born to Lt. Col. James and Phillipa Balcombe in 1858 in Ireland. Even without a…

Florence Stoker, the woman who copyrighted Dracula

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Oct 8, 2021

Victorian “Mummy Reveal” Parties

Three thousand years ago, Egyptians preserved the dead through an embalming process led by their priests so that the departed might be…

Victorian “Mummy Reveal” Parties

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Sep 8, 2021

Yoshio Markino, the Japanese Bohemian

During the Victorian and Edwardian eras, the majority of landscape artists attending soirees and opening nights were young, white…

Yoshio Markino, the Japanese Bohemian

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Aug 25, 2021

A Vespa in NYC during the Time of Covid

We got our Vespa in 2006 when my husband came back from touring and needed to commute from our upper west side apartment to the Brooklyn…

A Vespa in NYC during the Time of Covid

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Aug 20, 2021

Sir Henry Irving, the Actor Knight From Nowhere

The first actor ever knighted was considered too tall and skinny to ever make any success of the dramatic roles in theatre repertoire.

Sir Henry Irving, the Actor Knight From Nowhere

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Aug 18, 2021

Just Little Pieces of Paper

How a toy theatre became a major storytelling tool for a Victorian creator

Just Little Pieces of Paper

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Aug 17, 2021

Sherlock Holmes First Steps Onstage

William Gillette: “May I marry Holmes?” Arthur Conan Doyle: “You may marry him, or murder or do what you like with him.”

Sherlock Holmes First Steps Onstage

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Aug 14, 2021

Women artists from Stieglitz galleries — the fight to be paid

“Dear Mr. Stieglitz- I wonder where you are!! I want some money for Christmas! I wonder if you got Mrs. Busches’ money for “The Moon”? Can…

Women artists from Stieglitz galleries — the fight to be paid

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Susan Wands

Susan Wands writer, tarot reader, actor — I write about history, paranormal incidents, & driving in NYC on my Vespa.

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