Dennis Maher

Actor/Director/Lifelong Historian - specializing in late 19th - early 20th US theatre history. Focus on St. Louis. 35 years in higher ed. Opinions are my own.

[Howard Sherman @HESherman]

I think I need to put this as plainly as I can, and I apologize for shouting: PEOPLE WHO WORK IN THE LIVE PERFORMING ARTS AREN'T JUST 'NOT WORKING' – THEY ARE *PREVENTED* FROM ENGAGING IN THE WORK AND CAREERS FOR WHICH THEY WERE TRAINED.

[Sean Brewster @TheSeanBrewster]

Today in a Zoom class my professor casually mentioned her cat and one brave student spoke up:

[Mark Hamill @MarkHamill]

"Here and now, I give you my word: If you entrust me with the presidency, I will draw on the best of us, not the worst. I will be an ally of the light, not of the darkness."- Joe Biden

November 3rd #VOTE to DEFEAT THE DARK-SIDE
#HelpUsJoeBiWan_YoureOurOnlyHope 🙏

[Dennis Maher @DrDTHEAHistory]

Same here

[TheVoicesInOurHeads @tvioh]

“Old books exert a strange fascination for me -- their smell, their feel, their history; wondering who might have owned them, how they lived, what they felt.”― Lauren Willig⁣
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#vintagebooks #vintagebook #oldbook #antiquarianbooks #bookcollector #cla… https://t.co/kUoK4qbbtF

[Boze Herrington, Library Owl 😴🧙‍♀️ @SketchesbyBoze]

“the human body is 70 percent water” bro I am about 20 percent ill-conceived whimsy and 80 percent spite

[Matt Fuller @MEPFuller]

Look at the coronavirus protocols for pro athletes (tests every other day, temperature checks twice a day, group quarantining).

Then look at the protocols for schools (handwashing, stay home if you’re sick).

Imagine if we valued the lives of teachers the same as MLB shortstops.

[Robert Davis @rmdavis19]

The bloody Astor Place Riot took place tonight, 171 yrs ago in NYC. It was the only time troops had fired on protestors since the Boston Massacre & made many fear a literal class war. Here's me writing about it for the wonderful @historytoday Miscellanies: https://t.co/5a9QnF2jkU

[Julienne Greer @juliennegreer]

Pepper robot in France is acting as a mediary btw families and patients. At a time where humans cannot be together, a social robot may offer comfort far beyond a phone. #uta #socialrobotics #interdisciplinary #humanities #theatre

[Mark Hamill @MarkHamill]

You know how there's all those places where people are?

Don't be there.

[soul nate @MNateShyamalan]

“i can’t go because of coronavirus”
- whiny
- boring
- weak

“i’ve sworn an oath of solitude til the blight is purged from these lands”
- heroic, valiant
- they will assume you have a sword
- impossible to check if you really have a sword because of coronavirus

[Dennis Maher @DrDTHEAHistory]

This 👇🏻

[Dennis Maher @DrDTHEAHistory]

The History Guy
Astor Place Riot and how it started over the agrument "Who Plays The Better Macbeth?"
https://t.co/sHFu0pe9gh
#ShakespeareSunday

[Dennis Maher @DrDTHEAHistory]

Look Back at the Very First Playbill Bios of 11 Broadway Stars | Playbill #actorbio https://t.co/9WT5uNWSyJ

[Dennis Maher @DrDTHEAHistory]

Full cast #audiobook (middlegrade contemporary) "When their dads fall in love, Bett and Avery are sent, against their will, to the same sleepaway camp. Their dads hope they will find common ground and become friends - and possibly, one day, even sisters.” https://t.co/E1l74vqelI"