{"id":118558,"date":"2025-03-07T20:54:18","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T20:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/american-history\/a-play-emily-prime-delafield-1898-past-is-present\/"},"modified":"2025-03-07T20:54:18","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T20:54:18","slug":"a-play-emily-prime-delafield-1898-past-is-present","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=118558","title":{"rendered":"A Play; Emily Prime Delafield, 1898 \u2013 Past is Present"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-19449\">\n<div class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"624\" height=\"351\" src=\"https:\/\/pastispresent.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Blue-and-Cream-Mustache-For-Men-Themes-Twitter-Post-624x351.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pastispresent.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Blue-and-Cream-Mustache-For-Men-Themes-Twitter-Post-624x351.png 624w, https:\/\/pastispresent.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Blue-and-Cream-Mustache-For-Men-Themes-Twitter-Post-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/pastispresent.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Blue-and-Cream-Mustache-For-Men-Themes-Twitter-Post-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/pastispresent.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Blue-and-Cream-Mustache-For-Men-Themes-Twitter-Post-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/pastispresent.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Blue-and-Cream-Mustache-For-Men-Themes-Twitter-Post.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\"\/>\t<\/div>\n<p><!-- .post-thumbnail --><\/p>\n<p>\t<!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Inspired by a performance of scenes from <em>Alice in Wonderland <\/em>performed in Japan by a cast of English-speaking children in 1890, New York socialite Emily Prime Delafield (1840-1909) wrote her own dramatized version of <em>Alice<\/em>. It was originally performed at the Waldorf Hotel in March 1897 as a benefit for the Society of Decorative Arts, an organization devoted to artistic training and for the exhibition and sale of artwork created by women.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19450\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19450\" style=\"width: 301px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pastispresent.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/620284_0001-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-19450\" src=\"https:\/\/pastispresent.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/620284_0001-212x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"301\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pastispresent.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/620284_0001-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/pastispresent.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/620284_0001-724x1024.jpg 724w, https:\/\/pastispresent.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/620284_0001-768x1085.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pastispresent.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/620284_0001-1087x1536.jpg 1087w, https:\/\/pastispresent.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/620284_0001-1449x2048.jpg 1449w, https:\/\/pastispresent.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/620284_0001-scaled.jpg 1811w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 301px) 100vw, 301px\"\/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19450\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Front cover of Alice in Wonderland: A Play. New York: Dodd, Mead &amp; Co., 1898.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Published by Dodd, Mead &amp; Co. in 1898, this book is a high-end production; it was printed at Boston\u2019s Merrymount Press under the leadership of renowned typographer Daniel Berkeley Updike (1860-1941). 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