Frederick Starr

Photographs from two ethnographic surveys of Indian tribes in the southern Mexican states of Michoacan and Mexico conducted by Frederick Starr from 1897-1898 and in early 1899. Included are front and profile portraits of men and women, group portraits, and scenes of daily life illustrating traditional costume and activities; also, views of dwellings, granaries, towns, and landscapes. Aztec, Tlaxcalan, Otomi, Tarascan, Cuicatec, Mixtec, Zapotec, Juave, Triqui, and other tribes are represented.

This play was originally entitled "Drama at Inish". Subtitled "An Exaggeration in Three Acts," it is set in a small Irish resort town, Inish. To promote the tourist trade the proprietors have engaged a troupe of actors for the summer. Rather than the light comedies usually associated with holiday sites this company produces only SERIOUS GREAT DRAMA--Ibsen, Strindberg, Tolstoy, etc. The locals are soon enthralled by--indeed addicted to--these intense tales, and their lives are greatly effected. A wave of (comic) attempted murders, suicides, and other high melodrama pervades these normally placid, boring lives. In the end the source of these troubles is recognized and the great acting company is banished. It's a lovely comedy and a thoroughgoing spoof of early "Modern Drama". It has enjoyed several recent revivals in the U.S.