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Aaron Mahnke's Cabinet of Curiosities

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Aaron Mahnke's Cabinet of Curiosities

iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild

History, Society & Culture

4.58.7K Ratings

🗓️ 8 September 2020

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Some performances are more than just entertainment. They stick a stake in the ground and mark a chance in world history. Today's tour covers two such stories.

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0:00.0

Welcome to AirNManky's Cabinet of Curiosity's, a production of I Heart Radio and Grimm

0:08.7

and Mild.

0:13.0

Our world is full of the unexplainable.

0:16.3

And if history is an open book, all of these amazing tales are right there on display,

0:22.2

just waiting for us to explore.

0:25.4

Welcome to the Cabinet of Curiosity's.

0:30.0

When we're told that we can't have something, we only want it more.

0:40.5

If we can't read a certain book or listen to a particular band on the radio, it's forbidden

0:44.7

nature only makes it more irresistible.

0:48.2

By 1928, playwright Eugene O'Neill had written almost 20 full-length plays and 21 won

0:53.8

act plays.

0:54.9

To call him prolific would have been an understatement.

0:57.7

He was born and bred in New York and overcame tuberculosis in 1912 only to go on and write

1:03.1

some of the most highly revered and well-known plays ever performed on stage.

1:08.6

Often considered his magnum opus 1942's Long Days Journey into Night was a Tony and Pulitzer

1:14.3

Prize winner earning O'Neill legendary status and eventually a Broadway theater with his

1:19.4

own name on it.

1:21.2

But O'Neill had a long way to go before he'd reach his long day and that road included

1:25.3

one show, So Taboo was banned in almost every city where they tried to stage a production.

1:31.7

It was called Strange Interlude, written between 1926 and 1927.

1:36.6

The show follows the main character of Nina Leeds, whose fiancée is killed in World War

1:40.8

One.

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