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Recitals and Recitations

 
  Illustrated flyer for Helen Potter
Pointer to graphic links to enlargement Click here or on image to enlarge 		  Illustrated flyer for Helen Potter performing with her Pleiades troupe at the Danville Opera House, Ohio, January 1, 1881
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection

Helen Potter, considered one of the major elocutionists of the later 19th century, wrote textbooks on elocution and recitation; taught in New York and New England; and toured for James Redpath's agency after 1874. Potter presented readings, original lectures and imitations of well-known actors and lecturers of the day, including Lawrence Barrett, Sarah Bernhardt, Adelaide Ristori, Charlotte Cushman, and John B. Gough.

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