Cry of Murder on Broadway
Title | Cry of Murder on Broadway PDF eBook |
Author | Julie Miller |
Publisher | Cornell University Press |
Pages | 280 |
Release | 2020-10-15 |
Genre | True Crime |
ISBN | 1501751506 |
In Cry of Murder on Broadway, Julie Miller shows how a woman's desperate attempt at murder came to momentarily embody the anger and anxiety felt by many people at a time of economic and social upheaval and expanding expectations for equal rights. On the evening of November 1, 1843, a young household servant named Amelia Norman attacked Henry Ballard, a prosperous merchant, on the steps of the new and luxurious Astor House Hotel. Agitated and distraught, Norman had followed Ballard down Broadway before confronting him at the door to the hotel. Taking out a folding knife, she stabbed him, just missing his heart. Ballard survived the attack, and the trial that followed created a sensation. Newspapers in New York and beyond followed the case eagerly, and crowds filled the courtroom every day. The prominent author and abolitionist Lydia Maria Child championed Norman and later included her story in her fiction and her writing on women's rights. The would-be murderer also attracted the support of politicians, journalists, and legal and moral reformers who saw her story as a vehicle to change the law as it related to "seduction" and to advocate for the rights of workers. Cry of Murder on Broadway describes how New Yorkers, besotted with the drama of the courtroom and the lurid stories of the penny press, followed the trial for entertainment. Throughout all this, Norman gained the sympathy of New Yorkers, in particular the jury, which acquitted her in less than ten minutes. Miller deftly weaves together Norman's story to show how, in one violent moment, she expressed all the anger that the women of the emerging movement for women's rights would soon express in words.
Popcorn Falls
Title | Popcorn Falls PDF eBook |
Author | James Hindman |
Publisher | Concord Theatricals |
Pages | 84 |
Release | 2019 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN | 0573707898 |
The sleepy town of Popcorn Falls is forced into bankruptcy when a neighboring town threatens to turn them into a sewage treatment plant. Their only hope – open a theater! Two actors play over twenty roles in a world of farce, love, and desperation, proving once and for all that art can save the world.
Murder For Two
Title | Murder For Two PDF eBook |
Author | Kellen Blair |
Publisher | Concord Theatricals |
Pages | 77 |
Release | 2019-10 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN | 0573708347 |
Officer Marcus Moscowicz is a small town policeman with dreams of making it to detective. One fateful night, shots ring out at the surprise birthday party of Great American Novelist Arthur Whitney and the writer is killed…fatally. With the nearest detective an hour away, Marcus jumps at the chance to prove his sleuthing skills—with the help of his silent partner, Lou. But whodunit? Did Dahlia Whitney, Arthur's scene-stealing wife, give him a big finish? Is Barrette Lewis, the prima ballerina, the prime suspect? Did Dr. Griff, the overly-friendly psychiatrist, make a frenemy? Marcus has only a short amount of time to find the killer and make his name before the real detective arrives… and the ice cream melts!
Notes on the Writing of A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
Title | Notes on the Writing of A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder PDF eBook |
Author | Robert L. Freedman |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
Pages | 76 |
Release | 2021-05-15 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 1493055992 |
The most frequently asked question about writing musicals is, "Which comes first, the music or the lyrics?" As anyone on Broadway will tell you, the answer is, "The book." Tony-winning book writer Robert L. Freedman takes you through the process of writing a new musical, including story structure, song placement, dialogue, character development, and more that led to the creation of A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, the 2014 Best Musical Tony winner. With candor and insight, Freedman describes the challenging and rewarding growing pains of what the critics called "Hilarious!" and "Ingenious!" and said "Ranks among the most inspired and entertaining new musical comedies I've seen in years."
Moose Murdered
Title | Moose Murdered PDF eBook |
Author | Arthur Bicknell |
Publisher | Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2013-01-18 |
Genre | Moose murdered |
ISBN | 9781481997409 |
A blow-by-blow, front-row-center account of the one night on Broadway and ongoing legacy of MOOSE MURDERS, "the golden standard of awfulness against which all theatre is judged."
Ohio State Murders
Title | Ohio State Murders PDF eBook |
Author | Adrienne Kennedy |
Publisher | Samuel French, Inc. |
Pages | 41 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN | 0573662355 |
An intriguing, unusual and chilling look at the destructiveness of racism in the U.S.
Getting Away with Murder
Title | Getting Away with Murder PDF eBook |
Author | Stephen Sondheim |
Publisher | Dramatists Play Service Inc |
Pages | 100 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | Detective and mystery plays |
ISBN | 9780822215653 |
THE STORY: The esteemed and retired Dr. Conrad Bering has selected, out of countless applicants, several individuals for private as well as Group therapy. It seems this Pulitzer Prize- winning doctor might be writing another book and it further see