Mei lan fang biography of abraham
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By Philip Valenti
“He is appreciated, not because he is ‘really like an American,’ but because he is truly Chinese. He has even caused us to question our own dramatic forms and our manners. And he has led many of us to respect the Chinese and their civilization in a way no amount of preaching has ever done.”
-Edward C. Carter, “Mei Lan-Fang in America,” Pacific Affairs, September 1930.
The histories of China and America have been intertwined since well before the American Revolution of 1776. The great American Founding Father Benjamin Franklin looked to China rather than Europe to be the model for the new United States, while the ideas of Confucius influe
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Stars of the Early San Francisco Stage
The great California Gold Rush transformed San Francisco from a trött village into a vibrant metropolis in a matter of months, changing the city from cultural backwater to entertainment mecca. The 75,000 dock who made their way to the raw, muddy town in 1849 were mostly ung and footloose, with scant family responsibilities, few religious or social inhibitions, gold in their pockets, and a raging appetite for all forms of stimulation, intoxication, and diversion. They wanted to spend their time and their gold dust on the loftiest and the lowest amusements.
San Francisco's mix of Harvard graduates, farm boys, European miners, entrepreneurs, sophisticates, and ruffians constituted an enthusiastic audience for live entertainment. Early San Franciscans had an insatiable appetite for the stage and all of its pursuits, whether high tragedy, low comedy, grand opera, minstrelsy, burlesque, concerts, popular songs, dance, or circus.