In this episode, James and Janet discuss the impresarios who performed in Atheneum Hall and introduced islanders to the world of magic and illusion.
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Woodcut images from Yankee Hill's book Scenes from the Life of an Actor (1853).
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Woodcut images of Dr. Valentine’s Comic Metamorphoses
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Portraits of Signor Blitz
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Advertisement for Signor Blitz's performance at Atheneum Hall, which appeared in the April 14, 1840 issue of The Islander.
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Andrew MacAllister in his elaborate stage costumes.
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This has been a production of the Nantucket Atheneum.
It was hosted and edited by Janet Forest. Special thanks to Reference Library Associate James Greider for his knowledge and research. Newspaper announcement voiced by Andrew Cromartie.
If you have an idea for what we should talk about next, send us an email at jforest@nantucketatheneum.org
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