December 11, 2012, Filed Under: Research + Teaching, Theatre + Performing ArtsFellow discusses work in wartime theater collection Laurence Raw, a fellow from Başkent University in Ankara, discusses his research on actor-manager Sir Donald Wolfit’s World War II–era performances. Raw’s research, “Patriotic Shakespeare—Donald Wolfit’s Productions 1941–1953,” was funded by the Fleur Cowles Endowment.
November 13, 2012, Filed Under: Exhibitions + EventsRemembering Futurama at the 1939 New York World’s Fair Norman Bel Geddes’s Futurama exhibit, dedicated to “building the world of tomorrow,” proved to be a step into Bob Hesdorfer’s future before he’d even arrived. “I was probably 14,” says Hesdorfer, referring to the spring day in 1939 that he and a classmate spent at the New York World’s Fair.… read more
October 30, 2012, Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events, FilmVictoria and Albert Museum’s "Hollywood Costume" exhibition features costumes from the Ransom Center The rich history of costume design and its most visionary personalities takes center stage in Hollywood Costume, the latest exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) in London, which opened October 20. Some of Hollywood’s most iconic characters are the focus of the exhibition, which spans a century of… read more
