Queer theatre in the 19th century was a place of codes, cross-dressing and blackmail
The theatre offered queer Victorian men a space to express their identities, at a time when homosexuality was criminalised.
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Scherenschnitte enlivens book on 19th century medical remedies [The Scribbler]
The result — scherenschnitte, or scissors cutting in German — enlivens the pages of Ripple’s book, “The Raub Family Country Doctors and Their Medical Flora Remedies in the 19th Century.’’ ...