Rick On Theater

By Washington Irving [Once again, Oldstyle replies to his friend Andrew Quoz. Both men find additional things to say about New York’s drama ...

By Washington Irving [Continuing with his tactic of responding to Oldstyle’s friend Andrew Quoz, Irving’s alter ego returns to the theater f...

By Washington Irving [Beginning with Letter VI, Irving begins the conceit of Jonathan Oldstyle’s replying to the responses of a friend, Andr...

By Washington Irving [Letter V, the final one in Oldstyle’s series which Irving intended to address New York theater directly, continues to ...

By Washington Irving [This is the second in Washington Irving’s 1802-03 series of letters to the Morning Chronicle that discusses theater. ...

By Washington Irving [I recently posted two letters by Samuel Clemens, written in the mid-1850s for two newspapers (“Samuel L. Clemens’s Let...