- Title Information
- Title
- Sarah Elizabeth Minchin, class of 1913
- Title Information:
Alternative
(displayLabel="Pembroke title")
- Title
- Sarah Elizabeth Minchin Barber, class of 1913
- Name:
Personal
- Name Part
- Minchin, Sarah Elizabeth
- Role
- Role Term:
Text (marcrelator)
- interviewee
- Name:
Personal
- Name Part
- Easton, Harold H.
- Role
- Role Term:
Text (marcrelator)
- interviewer
- Type of Resource
- mixed material
- Language
- Language Term:
Code (ISO639-2B)
- eng
- Abstract
- In this interview, Sarah discusses the proliferation of theatre at Brown and in the greater Providence community. She tells us of the Talma Theatre, The Players Theatre, Henry Ames Barker, and elocution among other theatre-related endeavors.
- Note:
biographical/historical
(displayLabel="Class year")
- 1913
- Note:
biographical/historical
(displayLabel="Biographical note")
- Sarah Elizabeth Minchin, convinced by a high-school teacher, became very active with The Players Theatre early on. Upon coming to Pembroke, Sarah discovered Professor Thomas Crosby Junior\u2014a pioneer of the theatric world. While performing with him, she met her husband, who was in the audience of one of her productions. Sarah went on to work with Henry Ames Barker, a realistic set designer and artist.
- Subject (Local)
- Topic
- 1910s
- Subject (Local)
- Topic
- Gender expectations
- Subject (Local)
- Topic
- Marriage
- Subject (Local)
- Topic
- Professors
- Subject (Local)
- Topic
- Sexism
- Subject (Local)
- Topic
- Theatre
- Genre (aat)
(authorityURI="http://vocab.getty.edy/aat/", valueURI="http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300202595")
- oral histories (literary works)