PERIOD DRAMA ALERT: THE PORTER
Debuting on CBC and CBC Gem on Monday, February 21 at 9 p.m. (9:30 NT) Inspired by real events and set in the roar...
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Gilded Age Literature: Edith Wharton’s The Age of Innocence Readathon
Julian Fellowes s new period drama, The Gilded Age, premieres on HBO/HBO Max on January 24, 2022. It s been quite a while since I ve revisted...
Everything You Wanted to Know About Julian Fellowes’s The Gilded Age
What Is It About? At long last, Julian Fellowes s original period drama set during the Gilded Age will premiere on HBO, January 24, 2022....
PERIOD DRAMA ALERT: Passing (2021)
It seems fitting that the lead up to the 100th year celebrations of the Harlem Renaissance (more accurately known as the Negro Renaissance more on...
PERIOD DRAMA ALERT: MISS SCARLET AND THE DUKE
Premiering on Sunday, January 17 at 8/7c When headstrong Eliza Scarlet is left penniless after the death of her father, she has two choices...
The Prince and the Actress: When Florence Met George
Though African American performers dazzled British society and its royals since the days of Walker and Williams (who brought their minstrel revues to English...
Edwardian Promenade: Black Lives Matter
Dear Readers, I m in the process of revamping Edwardian Promenade to be more intentionally inclusive and multicultural. When I started this blog back in...
A Decade of Downton Abbey
Anyone who knows me well knows that I do not like movie theaters. Not because of any hygienic issues but because I never feel...
Welcome to the Roaring Twenties (Redux?)
When the clock struck midnight on January 1, 1920 everyone awoke from the spell cast by the Great War and the Spanish Flu to...
Dressing for an Edwardian Pandemic: The Spanish Flu of 1918
As the influenza pandemic, known colloquially as la grippe or the Spanish Flu, spread across the globe, governments and health officials immediately began to...