When New York City rioted over two actors and Shakespeare: the Astor Place Riot
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2024
- Amid the tensions of a growing America, a rivalry between two great actors turns violent. The Astor Place Riot also called the New York City Shakespeare Riot, is history that deserves to be remembered.
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Wow. I'm a native New Yorker and I never knew any of this history. I know all the place names and streets you mention (they are still there!) -- but NONE of the history. Coal miners reciting Shakespeare from memory? What different times!
Yet again: You made me get goosebumps and a tingle down my spine. I love your channel, History Guy!
Just noticed the UA-cam award. Congratulations
He deserved it. And like 20 more.
Calin Culianu yes he does
It a major award!
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@I Control My Fate You wish.
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Thank you for remembering this part of American history. Even I appeared in a Shakespeare play while I was in college.
Wow! The more things change, the more they stay the same. Thank you for another superb episode, HG!
C.O. Jones 😳 Indeed! But the French said it first . . . !
It was the Summer of our discontent.
...made glorious winter by this son of New York?
Don't know. Wasn't there.
great novel
Or as the outdoor sports shop announced, on posters in it's windows . . ."now is the summer of our discount tents" . . .!
I have been a student of the Mongols for some 20 years. I lack your flair sir. I am convinced however that even the most basic research of Timugen and his sons will hold your fancy for a lifetime as it has mine. Beware once you immerse yourself therein we shall share a common mistress from whom there is no escape. I am so very proud of you and the bright torch of history you have shared with the many. Bravo young sir keep it up!
History Guy, A sad but fantastic history of mid-19th century America, what mores and manners of the period were, and how serious they took their Shakespeare. Thank you.
These episodes are consistently excellent and tremendously educational.
Miners performing impromptu performances of Shakespeare from memory? I barely remember reading Macbeth.
And you said this with a straight face!
Soccer riots...Shakespeare riot...people are crazy no matter the century. Very interesting video! 👍❤️🤗 BUNGA! BUNGA!
Bunga Bunga?
@@thomas316 It's from my favorite History Guy video... ua-cam.com/video/FM2qnzrLZFw/v-deo.html
Ah, that time we went to a join a riot and a Shakespearean play broke out. Good times.
@@deadfreightwest5956 😆😆😆👍
@@deadfreightwest5956 Always better then the other way round 👍😄😄😄
You easily have the best popular history channel on UA-cam. Been with you for a year now, watching your channel and subscriptions grow. The quality of your content is first-rate.
Dear History Guy:
Dear Sir: I really enjoy your short snippets of history. I am a U.S. history buff but my true interest in “The Old West” from 1866 to 1888. I must say I truly enjoy all the world history and these many little known or unknow parts of history that are truly interesting, that altered governments histories or world histories. You give me many hours of knowledge and enjoyment. I love the way you present each episode and your enthusiasm for every historical story.
These types of stories and the way you present them sure would of made me more interested in World History back when I was a kid, I am 63 years old now. If I can in the future, I will donate to you but being on Social Security Disability I don’t have much at the end of the month if any. I hope kids today watch you History Guy channel to help them in school and get off all these electronic games. Keep up the good (Great) work you are doing for the American Public and worldwide. I’ve learned so much and love all the episodes always giving a “thumbs up.” Take care. Bob Franson (loyal follower).
Makes the Toronto Clown/Fireman's riot seem a rather dull affair. Thanks for another outstanding video.
Been waiting for the latest History Guy video~!
Thank you, and never a disappointment..~!
The most interesting part, for me, was at the end: the beginning of the end of Shakespeare in popular culture. Shakespeare began as popular culture, after all, relied on colloquial words and phrases of the day, and was never meant to be consigned to "the upper tens." It's a pity.
Opera met with a similar fate. I suppose the cost of production meant that ticket became too expensive for many working people, then something happened to transform a popular entertainment into something else. I have been impressed and entertained by the Metropolitan Opera Live in HD performances over the past ten years. Live productions streamed to movie theaters mean that more of us can participate in some wonderful art for the price of a movie ticket and popcorn.
@@greggi47 In this country, yes, but opera remains popular music in other countries and many European cities support symphony orchestras with an ease we don't see here. When your cab driver in Rome has opera on the radio you know you're in a different world. 😉 But I'll bet you grew up with opera. You may even have had a music program in primary school, or seen Shakespeare performed at an early age. It's normal to you, as Homer would have been normal to generations in the distant past in another region of the world, and so on.
I agree. Somehow Shakespeare became snobbish and for the "learned." Shakespeare never meant for it to be that way at all.
@@BlueBaron3339 No, no early exposure to opera--or live theater of any kind, though I started seeing live television dramas on tv when I was 10 or so yearsold. And opera didn't click with me until the Met's Live in HD telecasts came along so I could learn to integrate all the aspects of the spectacle for myself. Now I make short trips yearly to see live production in St. Louis and Des Moines from my base in Columbia MO.
I've said it before but it bears repeating. This is fine work, well executed and charmingly presented. Another snippet of history I'd never heard of. Your continued success is deserved. Congratulations. Pete
Very interesting. I had always thought the Bowery Boys were socially equivalent to the Five Points gangs, and am surprised to learn that they were middle class (I guess) blue collar employed and self employed. Digging further, they were all apparently volunteer firemen.
That reminds me of another video in this series: The Toronto Circus Riot of 1855. Toronto at the time was effectively controlled by a clique of Orangemen volunteer firefighters, much like Tammany Hall corruption in New York. They were the instigators of that riot too. An interesting parallel. I believe volunteer firemen have usually behaved slightly better of recent years.
Toronto was under Orangemen control until the 1950s, really
I remember The Bowery Boys...
Louie, Muggs, and Satch..(as seen on TV, weekend re-runs)
haha..me too! :)
@@gregmiller9710 "Ahh Satchela my boy" LOL Fond memories
The best!
Nice, love those guys
I think what you do brings you a lot of joy and that brings a lot of joy to people watching your content.
Have a good one
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The History Guy: A great teacher
8:20 Did anyone else notice that the actor's pose in this rendering is taken directly from the Hellenistic sculpture called the Dying Gaul? Cool how the classics (in this case classical antiquity) still have meaning so many centuries later. Humanity is capable of both the most inspiring and most depraved of actions...
I'm here looking for today's lesson. Thanks to you and your wife.
It was better before, so many say; I do not agree. But it always fun to listen and hopefully learn from history.
Another great feature, keep them coming! Cheers.
Wow! What a story. Thank you.
I have to say, as an Englishman, that Americans can be as proud of Shakespeare as we are. We are both the sons of the same culture that created Shakespeare. It saddens me that the US sometimes doesn't feel like it had a medieval history when the medieval history of the UK, and other European countries such as Germany ect, are the direct ancestors of the US. They should enjoy the castles, the culture and the art of Europe as much as we do, because they only are as far removed from our cultural ancestors as we are.
A person can be just as proud of one's grandparent as any other grandchild, even if they end up living further away, and are somewhat more changed than we are. Because we both would be nothing without them.
Edit: I should explain that I'm using ancestry as a metaphor, I'm really talking about cultural ancestry not genetic.
And I should also apologise for the dramatic way I wrote all that, I was absolutely plastered at the time and was feeling overly poetic!
Hear, hear! As one who first read Shakespeare at about 9 years old (with a parent to help me understand), I agree with your sentiment, although I hadn't thought of it in the terms of ancestry as you expressed. Long live the "special relationship " between us and Old Blighty!
At least you can't say you weren't honest! Out of the mouths of drunks, rules to live by!
As an American, I, ridiculously, have tears in my eyes as I thank you for the warm, inclusive remarks on our common European cultural ancestry. Our American cultural ancestry is as diverse as the multitude of nations from which we are drawn, including our Native Americans, and except for the latter, you are right in pointing out that our cultural ancestry did not strictly begin here. Many Americans, myself included, feel the disdain and ill-will of much of the rest of the world every day, through media of all kinds. We know ourselves to be often regarded as less the "golden child" birthed through a revolution than the "black sheep" rebellious son who is still making trouble. That said, let me tell you that unsolicited kind words are a loving surprise. Thank you.
You, drunk and overly poetic; me, sober, off-topic, and saying too much. Hmmm. L.French
The works of Wm. Shakespeare are alive and well in Wisconsin "across the pond" from The Globe Theatre.
Here's my unapologetic plug for American Players Theatre : americanplayers.org/
A few years back I went to see "The Taming of the Shrew" at APT in Spring Green, Wisconsin.
Before the play while dining picnic style I conversed with a couple who spoke about how they first met while at a medieval history fair (she was attracted to him by the chain male he was wearing).
I enjoy Shakespeare plays because they get so much to the heart of human nature,
those inner desires and struggles that motivates people's outward actions and interactions.
As humans we can riot over Shakespeare and all so many varied things.
As a human race I hope that be it through Shakespeare or otherwise
we can find some shared understanding of our shared desires and struggles
and then through that build true and lasting peace.
By the way, the strongest thing I drink anymore is either Root Beer or Ginger Ale.
So if I'm happening to come across as over dramatic, poetic or otherwise I can only blame and apologize for myself.
@@jonathankipp4973 absolutely, hear hear and good on you! I think people over-egg the posh artsiness of Shakespeare by a long way, he was a man writing for the common people, a person who exists across the globe. You try and find anyone in the world who doesn't love some well-exicuted romance, humour, and tragedy! Except maybe the twatty social elite, although they foolishly think Shakespeare to be a posh twat too!
I'm very glad to hear of anyone enjoying it, but particularly in the US where in my opinion they really don't enjoy the European part of their history as much as they deserve to. And I must say that, as equal children of medieval Britain, that I'm glad to see they continue both of our ancestors' love of the "English" language (a top-notch conglomaration of a language if I do say so myself, I mean french, Latin, Germanic and Norse (plus a bit of Celtic ) has got to be good for finding the words to express yourself) even using the words coined by Shakespeare himself.
Even if they do spell some of them totally wrong thanks to well-meaning revisionists ;p
But seriously, it makes me very happy to see anyone at all enjoying something I feel such love for, especially with a group who has such a kinship with my culture. So good on you for keeping our history alive! And good on the US for using it's current global power for spreading this history!
Because, I'm sad to say it but, the British empire isn't doing as good of a job of exporting the positives of our collective culture as it used to :p
Crazy times.
Thank you.
History Guy ... Very Well Done...!!
Another Great Episode. Thank you!
A great UA-cam channel. I can't understand how a 19th century education model survives when you have a channel like this.
i really enjoy watching you riot based history videos.
This is a brilliantly done episode
I have heard of this riot on TV. However you covered more in less time than the program did.
Where on TV have you heard about this riot? I first heard about it on Wikipedia, someone should make a movie about Macready’s first night at the Astor Place & the riots on the second night.
Fascinating. Great video, as per usual.
What a crazy story- When I read the title I thought it was not going to be quite as advertised. But it was!
Great video as always . More Mrs. History Guy please. Merry Christmas to you and yours. Peace , be free .
Fascinating! Thank you!
Another great tutorial! Thanks for sharing this.
HG - What you said at the end of this video about miner's doing impromptu Shakespeare from memory made me think of Mark Twain. He included a couple of "scallywag" characters in Huckleberry Finn that ran a scam like that. He also mentioned people doing Shakespeare out west in California in his book Roughing It, I think. Anyway, your comment brought to mind the things he wrote. I enjoyed this video !
PS - recommendation .... Speaking of Roughing It and Mark Twain, maybe you could do a video about Mark Twain's young years. When he went west I think he was the cause of the first recorded forest fire at Lake Tahoe (then called Lake Bigler).
History Guy, I love your videos and have never seen one that I didn't enjoy or learn something from!
If you were performing on stage I think you wouldnt have to worry about rotten tomatoes!
Having seen movies as a kid where they showed these types of things occurring at the theater, it has always boggled my mind that 1...people would actually go to that length..and 2..they were not arrested so that 3 it seems to have become the norm, or latest fashion in theater going. As if to guarantee the people that went that they would see a great spectacle one way or another!
Hard to believe when we hear how prim and proper people tended to be back then.
Thanks again Mr. H!
I love this channel! Thank you very much!
I always enjoy your vids. Thank you!
O.K. I have to ask...How could someone dislike these video's ? You are doing an excellent job sir . Please continue with your fine work.
No apostrophe in VIDEOS, it's plural not possessive!
Dear Beloved History Guy; when I heard your assertion that people don't generally know the History of roughly 1820 thru 1860, I was "fixing to take umbrage" as I have long studied the early era of steam propulsion from the steamer New Orleans of about 1815 thru the Tom Thumb of 1830, also the era of the Missouri compromise, etc. But continuing to hang on your every word as I am want to do, I followed and agreed, that in general people don't understand emotions and attitudes of history, and as you might well have said, and that is sad! Thank You Again for another well unfurled tale of history! By the way, the race between the Tom Thumb and the horse drawn rail car might make a good narrative!
David LoganSr certainly many people study the era, and I did not mean to imply otherwise. But it gets short-shrift in public and higher education.
The History Guy: History Deserves to Be Remembered , sorry, wasn't implying you had! I apologize to You for the mixed messaging! You kind Sir, provide aGreat and much needed service to all who hear your usually calm but occasionally emphatic descriptions of lesser known things! I think you are absolutely Terrific! Best Regards to you and Yours for the upcoming holidays and always!
Once again, you have surprised this life-long student of history with another important episode that I have never heard of! Extremely well done, as always, my friend. Thank you for all that you do to share the powerful glimpses of history that have shaped our world. Please keep the awesome videos coming and God bless you and your family!
Every time I watch an episode, I think, "Wow! This will be hard to top!" And, of course, the next one does exactly that.
History Guy, I have an idea. It's a bit obscure for most but I believe it's history that should be remembered. How about the Roseburg, Oregon blast of 1959? I don't know if you could work with that but it was an idea to share. Interesting details and little side stories.
Well I WAS going to fix my wife's car. :P Down the rabbit hole I go.
Joined your youtube channel a week ago....
I cant stop watching, love the range of history you cover.
You my dear sir have a fan in the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
And I was just thinking, "It's about time for another episode of the History Guy!" Thank you for another fascinating lesson.
I really like how you adress so many different subjects.
The Shakespearean actors going West and bringing culture and art to the frontier has been portrayed many times in classic Western movies and TV shows.
You are like the Bill Nye of History! Keep it going! GO NAVY
I just heard a podcast about Ned Buntline, one of the instigators of the Astor Place Riot. His posters depicting the British sailing to New York City was what really outraged the crowd.
Never heard of this incident before!
I enjoy your videos, great presentation!
Thank you. This reminds me of what happened at Kent State, but for different reasons.
plenty of comments here wishing the troops would outright MURDER people for throwing a ROCK! What a bunch of SICKOS!
Lanced another one, sir! Great stuff.
like lancing a boil?
I wonder what you would say about our times in fifty or a hundred years.
Really enjoy your show .
The Kirk Vs Picard Wars were especially brutal. Flames were known to be the weapon of choice and, using our primitive genetic engineering, we created and deployed trolls. It was a tragic time...
Kat K Someone has a very nice of humor.
@@peterk8909 lol, nah. I'm just a massive dork ;)
Kat K Well, I guess I'm dork too, then. Really appreciated your comment.
@@peterk8909 "My mama always said, dorky is as dorky does..."
See, I'm in a good position to provide unbiased commentary on the Kirk/Picard Wars of the late 80s and early 90s. I was a guerilla in the rebel Sisko faction. And, may the gods be thanked, I was too old to take an active part in the much uglier combat that came with the dawning of the Janeway and Archer eras...
Great episode
Wow, the dumbing down of the US occurred much earlier than I thought.
I have been watching your channel for some time now, you are outstanding sir.
I wish I would have been this excited about History class
when the bell rang in High School. Never to late I guess?
Thanks History Guy!
Just don't test me my memory is full
and an error code is eminent...
Another fine snippet
Outstanding content, as ever. I would like to suggest Peter Francisco's story, the 'Virginia Giant' of the American revolution.
A part of history that is looking more like the present day unfortunately. Great video too!
I adore history and I happened upon your historical shorts. What a joy to watch! I still have so very much to learn. Thank you for your dedication and research. I look forward to seeing more in the very near future>
Nice analysis and discussion. Thank you, as always. Thumbs up, naturally.
Dude, you are the best at making history come alive.
Another great Antebellum topic that i would love to see you do is on Kit Carson. Specifically his failure to save Anne White from the Jichara Apaches and finding among her things a "blood and thunder" novel in which a fictional depiction of him saves a woman from savages. An iliterate man being confronted by the myths of his exploits that were being sold as entertainment back east.
I had thought myself well versed in history. You are teaching me that I have so much more left to learn.
I look forward to more videos, thank you.
While not a historian, I thought I was fairly well versed in the subject, having loved history all my life. This video showed my ignorance. I never heard of these events. Thank you for your presentation. Even an old man can still learn.
Trying times indeed. We have had ,and still are having very trying times. Never seems to stop.
Love learning with you. :)
Fandom drama was no joke back then!
People actually took their rage out onto the streets, as opposed to Twitter.
I wish you would do a piece on the riots in Cincinnati. (1800's)
Congratulations on the You Tube Silver Award. Bravo!
Amazing ! Learning something new every time I watch THG!
Now I want to watch Gangs of New York.
😺 Many congratulations on your award! Thoroughly deserved with regard to the quality of your research and excellent presentation. History never fails to intrigue and fascinate me as more astonishing stories are brought to life. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Superb, as always, thanks!
Hello Sir, I love your channel. I have watched the majority of segments. The famous clown, "Dan Rice" may be a good subject. So famous but now forgotten.
Gangs of New York really prepped me for this segment
Awesome video.
Thank you
impressed by the last sentence
The History Guy: Thank you!
Thank you History Guy I enjoy your videos and learn a lot from them.
I always learn something new from you. Thanks and keep up the great work.👍
Wow, that outro was abrupt. Of course this was a while ago, and the lesson was as amazing as ever, but that was just 'boom done.'
It sure didn’t take much to start that situation and “boy” did it escalate !! Guns weren’t needed but with “cobble stones” readily available (on lower Manhattan streets )and and an enthusiastic crowd made a volatile situation 😱. Thank you History Guy and a HaPpY New Year 🎊
I really enjoy your programs on forgotten historic events. I've always been fascinated by history. As David McCullough once said, "History are stories that happen to be true." Why don't you do a program on the 1924 Democratic Convention, which lasted weeks and took 104 ballots to nominate John W. Davis who lost to Calvin Coolidge. It definitely showed the terrible split of the nation over Prohibition and those who were against it,as well as the immigrants and the Klu Klux Klan. Keep up the good work. Sincerely, Tom Josephi
I made the suggestion in another video, but I feel compelled to make it again, please look into the October 2, 1968 Tlatelolco massacre in Mexico. It may be remembered well there, but seems practically unknown elsewhere. You seem to like finding lessons learned (or not) from events in history, and you don’t appear to avoid difficult topics, so I think this one is right up your alley. This October was the 50th anniversary so it would be good timing. At any rate, whether you choose to do it or not, I very much enjoy your channel, will continue watching, and wish you all the best!
I always enjoy your videos. 👍
The best narrative line in this video--"they smoked, drank and cavorted with prostitutes."
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...we need to bring theater back to its roots!
All history is more interesting when prostitutes are involved, though when they're dead they're just hookers.
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Yea but in Vegas it's considered part of the tourist industry and not part of Americans court industrial complex.
Great as always - makes me embarrassed being born in Manhattan and didn’t know any of this.
Could have swore that thumbnail pic was, "The History Guy" in disguise. As always great video! :)
The more one listens to history the more one sees our divisive times are not so unique!
Handsome history guy.. the holes, the holes!! 😁😁😁🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸💖
This many mentions of The Scottish Play cannot but bring bad luck. See Blackadder The Third, episode 4, 'Sense and Senility'.
I found the last lines of this presentation to be very interesting.
To paraphrase: miners in California would stage impromptu Shakespeare plays based on memory.
Remarkable