S10E05 "It’s a Outrage!": Touring Theater, Settler-Colonialism, and American Mythmaking

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Jun 15, 202600:43:21Society & Culture

This episode investigates two incidents from America’s dramatic past: the 1831 touring performance of the melodrama Metamora starring Edwin Forrest and the 2021-2022 national tour of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! By...

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