The first person of color to serve as vice president, Charles Curtis was once a household name but has become a footnote in American history. As a mixed-race person who…

In 1854 a shooting war developed between pro-slavery men from Missouri and free-staters in Kansas over control of the territory. The prize was whether Kansas would become a slave or…

Playwright, biographer, screenwriter, and critic S.N. Behrman (1893-1973) characterized the years he spent writing for The New Yorker as a time defined by feverish contact with great theatre stars, rich…

In the 1850s, the eyes of the world were on Kansas. The Civil War in Kansas will be an overview of the years 1854 – 1865, since the war began…

The Italian comedy Commedia dell'arte , an improvised performance art that flourished in the 16th and 17th centuries, vanished leaving few traces. What remains are some manuscript collections of plot…