BBC R3 Documentary - 'The Astor Place Riots'
Presented by Tim Pigott Smith
Produced by Marilyn Harris
Broadcast June 18, 2006
Coded from tape at 128/44.1
May 10,1849 there was a riot at NYC's Astor Place Opera House.
Militia killed 23 people and wounded over 100. This has come
down to us as the climax of a feud between two actors.
With the help of Professor Peter Buckley, Tim Piggott-Smith
revisits the myth and explores the issues.
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