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The Astor Place Riot occurred on May 10, 1849, at the now-demolished Astor Opera House in Manhattan and left between 22 and 31 rioters dead, and more than 120 people injured. It was the deadliest to that date of a number of civic disturbances in Manhattan, which generally pitted immigrants and nativists against each other, or together against the wealthy who controlled the city's police and the state militia.
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Dr Dustin Fridkin, Associate Professor of Political Science, will talk about the Astor Riots, one of the bizarre events attributed to the curse of "The Scottish Play." Come and bring students, friends, and family! See description below: On the evening of May 10th, 1849, a riot at the Astor Opera House, in New York City, left more than twenty people dead. The immediate cause of the riot centered on disagreements between different groups of theater-goers over the proper way to perform Shakespeare’s plays. Some preferred the bombastic style of Edwin Forrest, perhaps America’s most famous performer at the time, while others preferred the more sedate style of the English actor, William Macready. What on earth could have made this disagreement over aesthetics turn deadly, and what were the consequences? Santa Fe College English Department
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WikiVidi Documentary about: Astor Place Riot / Description: Astor Place Riot The Astor Place Riot occurred on May 10, 1849, at the now-demolished Astor Opera House in Manhattan, New York City and left at least 25 dead and more than 120 injured. It was the deadliest to that date of a number of civic disturbances in New York City which generally pitted immigrants and nativists against each other, or together against the upper classes who controlled the city's police and the state militia. The riot marked the first time a state militia had been called out and had shot into a crowd of citizens, and it led to the creation of the first police force armed with deadly weapons, yet its genesis was a dispute between Edwin Forrest, one of the best-known American actors of that time, and William Charles Macready, a similarly notable English actor, which largely revolved around which of them was better than the other at acting the major roles of Shakespeare.... / Shortcuts to chapters: 0m7s+: Background 2m21s+: Genesis 4m7s+: Proximate causes 6m56s+: The riot 12m45s+: Consequences 15m39s+: In popular culture / Copyright WikiVidi. Licensed under Creative Commons. Wikipedia link: (http•••)
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