“It’s a library, honey—kind of an early version of the World Wide Web.”
Indeed.
The Thaumaturgy Department
thaumaturg
Main Entry: thau·ma·turg
Pronunciation: \ˈthȯ-mə-ˌtərj\
Function: noun
Etymology: French, from New Latin thaumaturgus, from Greek thaumatourgos working miracles, from thaumat-, thauma miracle + ergon work — more at Theater, Work
Main Entry: thau·ma·turg
Pronunciation: \ˈthȯ-mə-ˌtərj\
Function: noun
Etymology: French, from New Latin thaumaturgus, from Greek thaumatourgos working miracles, from thaumat-, thauma miracle + ergon work — more at Theater, Work
The official blog of the Dramaturgy Department at Baltimore's CENTERSTAGE. For posts related to our current and upcoming shows, click the links to the right. Alternatively, you could begin at the beginning, and explore our posts in chronological order.
Getting ready for Crime and Punishment? Or a little crime without punishment, Edward Gorey-style?
brocreate: Ralf and I have that in common.
(via drjohnhwatson)
Via www.harkavagrant.com comes this delightful bit of levity, in part at the expense of those wonderful Victorians, and in part in sympathy for them I suppose. As Earnest and its Wilde wit recedes into the distance, with only a few performances remaining, we look back fondly. And share this lighthearted jest.
-GHW
Young people of a certain age might remember the images of Verne and Méliès better in the music video for “Tonight, Tonight” by the Smashing Pumpkins, c. 1997. Heavily influenced, you could say. -DL
Oh, and for those deeply invested, or just curious, you can find an interesting set of observations on the connections and lineage amongst these various strands at this website right here, just by clicking through. Cartoons, animation, art, and more.
-GHW
