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Tag Archives: Hancock County
Justifying the Cut: The Plays of Saints on Stage
With the publication of Saints on Stage: An Anthology of Mormon Drama, I’ve been thinking a lot about Mormon drama and how it currently stands as it own niche genre. The whole reason I pitched the idea of the anthology … Continue reading
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Tagged Burdens of Earth, Eric Samuelsen, Farewell to Eden, Fires of the Mind, Gadianton, Hancock County, Huebener, I Am Jane, J. Golden, J. Scott Bronson, James Arrington, Mahonri Stewart, Margaret Young, Martyrs' Crossing, Matters of the Heart, Melissa Leilani Larson, Mormon drama, Robert Elliott, Saints on Stage: An Anthology of Mormon Drama, Stones, Susan Elizabeth Howe, Thom Duncan, Thomas F. Rogers, Tim Slover, Zarahemla Books
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Needful Opposition: Addressing Conflict and Controversy in Mormon History Plays
How to present Mormon History has often been a sensitive thing within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Especially with the understandable impulse to protect the faith and culture of an entire people, it can be tempting to … Continue reading
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Tagged Blacks and the Priesthood, Brigham Young, Burdens of Earth, Burdens of Earth by Susan Elizabeth Howe, Elijah Abel, Emma Smith, Hancock County, Hancock County by Tim Slover, I Am Jane by Margaret Young, Jane Manning James, Joseph Smith, Liberty Jail, Mormon drama, Mormon history, Mormon History Plays, Saints on Stage: An Anthology of Mormon Drama, Susan Elizabeth Howe, Tim Slover
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Old Problems, New Opportunities: Looking Towards the Future of Mormon Drama
We recently completed the last leg work for the editing of Saints on Stage: An Anthology for Mormon Drama, which I’ve been spearheading for Zarahemla Books. It includes important plays from some of Mormonism’s best playwrights… Robert Elliott, Thomas Rogers, … Continue reading
