Lizzie Borden Ballet to Premiere
How cool. And not to late to get seats! Who wants to go with me? The Nashville Ballet announces its new season. NASHVILLE, TN – Nashville, TN – Nashville Ballet announces its 2006-2007 Season, featuring a world-premiere interpretation of the infamous legend of Lizzie Borden, a ballet with local singers/songwriters from Bluebird Cafe, the Nutcracker […]
Not guilty yet again
I love it when the Lizzie Borden case is used in school to help teach students about society, law, history or theatre. Here is another great example of teachers working hard to inspire their kids to learn about important concepts using cool subjects as context. From Summer 2004, The Austin News: Austin Preparatory School students […]
Newspapers and the Borden Case
From the New York Times, February 18, 1893:
Blood and Ink
The Kent State University Press has graciously posted several excepts of a 2002 book titled Blood and Ink, by Albert Borowitz. Of note is a partial introduction to the work in which the Lizzie Borden case is mentioned. From the website for the book: Albert Borowitz provides a guide to “fact-based crime literature†focusing on […]
Not imprisoned in haste
From the New York Times, August 16, 1892:
The Hatchet Hour
This sounds like one of the coolest teachers ever. It is perfectly amazing that in order to give the cast a better understanding of the Lizzie Borden case before they performed Ed Valentine’s new play (Lizzie: The Hatchet Hour), that production historian Tim Oliveira took them to Fall River and immersed them in the reality […]
Ryckebusch talk
From the April 25-May 1, 2005, “For Your Information” newsletter, published weekly by the Bristol Community College of Communications: An evening with an old friend and Miss Lizzie Borden: Join the Taunton Literacy Council and Professor Emeritus Jules Ryckebusch for an evening of Lizzie Borden on May 16. The event is a fundraiser for the […]
PMS Defense
From REPORT ON 2003 WORKSHOP ON GENDER ISSUES IN THE SCIENCES held June 11-13, 2003, at Colby College, Waterville, Maine. “Successful Strategies for Advancement” by Dr. Emily Toth, Robert Penn Warren Professor of English, Louisiana State University. I am not a scientist by background, though I have lived with a chemist for most of my […]
Morse Society
Did you know there was a Morse Society? And did you know that their coat of arms is an axe? And that they have a quarterly newsletter and offer a free sample? And did you know that they are having a reunion this year in October in Fall River? And that one of the attractions […]
With tears in his eyes
From the New York Times, August 20, 1892:
House of Hate, Art?
I never thought about the Samuels’ book Girl in the House of Hate as being a part of a series of lurid tales, but El Postino did on his blog Paranoia Strikes Deep. Wow, look at what he found! When you see them all in a row like that you really see the gratuitous and […]
Going, going, going
RRAuction.com is offering for sale a page from that financial book that has been on and off eBay for years. Here is a direct link to their sale, which closes, by chance, on Lizzie’s birthday, July 19, 2006. I think the seller is finally going to get what they have been wanting all these years […]
A Denial
From the New York Times, September 24, 1892.
Lizzie Borden to go to Europe
From the New York Times, June 22, 1893. Two days following her acquittal.
Lost in Translation?
On July 10, 2006, The Countess penned a blog entry about her stay at the Lizzie Borden B&B. I found it quite interesting not only because it is heartfelt, but because it is also a study of how a story evolves and changes in its passing from one person to another. Now I wouldn’t expect […]
50 ways to locate Lizzie
I could spend hours on this list on Lizzie’s Place. Who knew there were so many famous Lizzie’s out there? The main page for the site is here. Don’t forget to go all the way down the main page and listen to Gus Van and Joe Schenck perform “Strut, Miss Lizzie” from the Ziegfeld Follies […]
New Lizzie Book Author Interview
Cara Robertson, the lawyer/scholar who played Emma Borden in the Stanford University reenactment of the trial, has a book on the Borden case due out soon. The Trial of Lizzie Borden is under contract with Random House and an interview with Robertson appears in the Spring/Summer 2006 issue of “News of the National Humanities Center.” […]
My Client is Not Insane
From the New York Times, May 14, 1893.