Volume 19: February 15, 2021 The Plight of the Children of the Chapel By London Johns In 1600, 13-year-old Thomas Clifton was walking to school when he was kidnapped and brought by force to the Blackfriars playhouse. When his father, Henry Clifton, arrived at Blackfriars to retrieve him, he was...
By Daevan Mangalmurti and Brian Reyes A mural is painted on the exterior wall of 301 Crown St. in New Haven, Connecticut. It depicts a three-tiered human pyramid: laborers and construction workers supporting janitors and musicians supporting businessmen and students. Behind these people, in their brightly colored shirts and skirts,...
Volume 17: February 1, 2021 Contextualizing Hamlet's Pirates By London Johns Possibly the strangest part of Shakespeare’s Hamlet is a passage in which Hamlet claims that he has been captured by pirates on the way to England. The pirates are only written about in a letter, and...
Written by Kenia Hale, SM '21 Edited by Fiona Benson, SY '22 Cover Art by Kiera Hale, ig: @kierahaleart Since 1619, the story of enslaved, Black, forced migration has been ingrained in American history. From the Underground Railroad to the Great Migration, movement has been a key method...
Volume 18: February 8, 2021 Elizabethan Costumes as Status Symbols By London Johns The aim of many modern costume designers is to create a sense of realism. Plays set in a particular location and era require actors to dress in a way that communicates their characters’ time period and culture....
Volume 20: February 22, 2021 The Macbeth Riot By London Johns On May 10, 1849, William Macready was arranged to star in a production of Macbeth in the New York Astor Place Opera House. It was a much-anticipated performance, both by Macready’s supporters and his critics, and that evening...
