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Performing Gold: Fanny Kemble, Modern Banking, and the Evolution of Acting

Revisit this episode with English and performing arts scholar Julia Walker, who brings an 1831 stage performance to life and explains why it was so extraordinary. Walker's book "Performance and Modernity: Enacting Change on the Globalizing Stage" will be published this November.

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