Plague Mask Players has specialized in twists on Shakespeare, a popular but often misguided strategy to modernize the Bard that can wind up undermining the text. Not so with this young company ...

but mask designs have changed considerably from their first iterations. A 1619 outbreak of plague in France, rooted largely in Paris, led to the first medical mask. As the disease killed some 80 ...

It’s the beak that lends the attire of the medieval plague doctor its surreal quality, but it wasn’t there just to scare National Treasure: Amelia Earhart Designed a New Future for Women Who ...

Not quite. It was more than a century ago during the Manchurian plague, when masks were taking their place as the most visible tool of epidemic control. Then as now, geopolitics and distrust of ...

Natalie Haruka Ewe as the title character in Plague Mask Players' 'Alice.' (Photo via Facebook) Last weekend, Plague Mask Players (PMP) opened Alice: A Variation on Lewis Carroll’s Alice in ...

It’s the beak that lends the attire of the medieval plague doctor its surreal quality, but it wasn’t there just to scare National Treasure: Revealing the Stunning 2.33-Carat Winston Red ...