Listening to America

#1566 How To Be a Chautauquan

Sep 25, 2023
Actor Steven Duchrow discusses his experience as a Chautauquan and the challenges of portraying historical characters. They explore the importance of understanding the character's worldview, the process of turning research into a performance, and provide superb recitations of poems by Vachel Lindsay and Carl Sandburg, including Sandburg's famous poem 'Chicago, Hog Butcher of the World'.
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