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Face of Afghan spy revealed in forgotten photo; Gallery uncovers 150- year-old negativesof adventurer's historic visit to Scotland
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Mohan Lal, interpreter, spy and adviser to the British government
in Afghanistan, caused quite a stir in Edinburgh circles when he
arrived in Scotland in 1844. The son of a wealthy Kashmiri, Lal was
only 28 when he made his visit, but he had already experienced a
lifetime's worth of adventure. Taken into service as a boy by Sir
Alexander Burnes, who later became the British government's second-
in-command in Kabul, he survived the Afghan uprising of 1841, unlike
his master.
More than 150 years later, Lal is about to become the talk of the
town again. A calotype, probably the only photograph ...
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The Salvation Lass, her harlot-friend, and slum realism in Edward Sheldon's Salvation Nell (1908).(Critical essay)
Magazine article from: Theatre History Studies
; ...Kitchen showed men swigging real beer, prostitutes soliciting men, and star-actress Minnie Maddern Fiske scrubbing the bar (fig. 1). Long remembered for Fiske's pioneering realistic acting in the title role, Salvation Nell significantly influenced...
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The meaning behind the lines: how Ibsen's toughness and Chekhov's tenderness transformed American playwriting and acting.(Theater)(Henrik Ibsen and Anton Chekhov)(Critical essay)
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; ...New York production had lasted more than a month until Nazimova showed Americans what all the fuss was about. Minnie Maddern Fiske, who had starred in the Broadway premiere of Hedda Gabler in 1903, saw Hedda as "a poor, empty little Norwegian...
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 "The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM)")
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THE PAST 100 YEARS.(Editorials)
Newspaper article from: The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM)
; ...daughter of Associate Justice Abbott of Albuquerque, has entered upon the dramatic stage and is a member of Miss Minnie Maddern Fiske's theatrical troupe. She has a part in the new play, "The Salvation Girl" which is now playing at the Bijou...
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ASK THE GLOBE
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe
; ...s degree in botany at the University of Chicago and a master's at Columbia. But summer vacations with the Minnie Maddern Fiske acting troupe aboard Ohio River boats attracted him to the theater. He was also a folksinger and lifelong friend...
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 "Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)")
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Time stands still for memories of good times, romatic memories.(SunBurst)
Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
; ...wanted for one admission. Live theater was a treat, and prices were within reason. The earliest I remember was Minnie Maddern Fiske in one of her farewell tours as Mrs. Malaprop in "The Rivals." I learned firsthand what a malapropism was...
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 "The New York Observer (New York, NY)")
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Tributes to a Film Genius: Brave and Ruthless Chaplin.(Culture)
Newspaper article from: The New York Observer (New York, NY)
; ...anthology. A similar volume called Focus on Chaplin (1971) covers some of the same ground: Both books reprint Minnie Maddern Fiske's appreciation from 1916, as well as pieces by Edmund Wilson (superb), George Jean Nathan (ridiculous...
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Campaign on to restore Pittsfield's Colonial glory
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe
; ...Paderewski, Sergei Rachmaninoff, and Amelita Galli-Curci played and sang there, and actors like Maude Adams, Mrs. Minnie Maddern Fiske, John Drew, John Barrymore and Ethel Barrymore, George Arliss, and E. H. Sothern trod its boards, and Anna...
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Contemporary Approaches to Ibsen, vol. 7.
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 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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JULIE HAYDON, 84; `GLASS MANAGERIE' STAR.(CAPITAL REGION)
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; ...that was based on Williams' sister. Miss Haydon was born in Oak Park, Ill. When she was 19, she toured with Minnie Maddern Fiske in ``Mrs. Bumpstead Leigh.'' Two years later, she played Ophelia in a production of ``Hamlet'' at the...
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