November: almanac.(FRONT & CENTER)
American Theatre, November, 2006
115 YEARS AGO (1881)
Sarah Bernhardt, the capricious French stage actress, reaches the midway mark of her first American tour (which she began in October 1880 and will conclude in May 1881). She travels as far west as Kansas City and as far south as New Orleans, igniting social commentary along the way, with performances in such plays as Jeanne d'Arc, Frou-Frou, Theodora, Cleopatra and La Dame aux Camelias.
80 YEARS AGO (1926)
The Venetian Theatre opens its doors in Seattle's Capitol Hill. The first night's show, Hold That Lion, is a comedy about a lovelorn young man ...
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