George Lippard’s Quaker City: A Tale of Murder, Scandal & the Theatre

Code: LH22807

Dates: November 5, 2024

Meets: 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM

Sessions: 1

Location: Lower Merion High School

Course Fee: $39.00

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George Lippard’s phenomenally successful (though largely forgotten) novel The Quaker City, or the Monks of Monk Hall (1845) is a lurid, darkly comic and grotesque fictionalization of a real-life murder that shocked the city of Philadelphia. We’ll explore the author and the book, as well as what transpired when the Chestnut Street Theatre sought to stage a dramatic adaptation of Lippard’s novel amidst the most violent era in the city’s history.
Fee: $39.00
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Lower Merion High School

315 E Montgomery Avenue
Ardmore, PA 19003
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Raymond Saracini

I hold a Ph.D. in drama from Tufts University and have studied a number of Bergman's films and theatre productions. I have taught a number of Bergman's films to my students at Villanova University and I have also taught several courses at Bryn Mawr Film Institute (though none would repeat material that I would offer here).

rasaxa1908@gmail.com