Join host Ruth Chambers as she shares stories from 1800 to 1920 in the dialogue and dialects of the time as written by the authors. You'll hear Gold Rush and Wild West Stories, Tall Tales, and plenty of Mark Twain. Some of the stories were written by the reader herself! Tune in, sit back, and enjoy a taste of simpler times.
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Chambers Street Theatre for 11:00am on Nov 3rd, 2016Thu, 11/03/2016 - 11:35am | Ruth Chambers |
Chambers Street Theatre for 11:00am on Oct 27th, 2016Thu, 10/27/2016 - 11:35am | Ruth ChambersWe're back with "Roughing It," and the stage coach ride west by Mark Twain before he was famous. Ruth reads some of Chapter 3 and part of Chapter 4. This sheltered boy from Missouri is about to have his eyes opened to The New West. |
Chambers Street Theatre for 11:00am on Oct 20th, 2016Thu, 10/20/2016 - 11:35am | Ruth ChambersAnd here we are again with the 1800's, and the writers who told the tales. Tune in for 30 minutes of the past that's the same as now because people don't change, just the clothes and weapons change. Tune in as Ruth does the best she can to give voice to the past and give history to the present. How about that? |
Chambers Street Theatre for 11:00am on Oct 13th, 2016Thu, 10/13/2016 - 11:35am | Ruth ChambersWith the Disco music "We Are Family," Ruth starts the show and introduces today's reading from "Roughing It." Chapter 1 and part of Chapter 2 covers the beginning of Mark Twain and his brother's trip by stage out to Nevada from Missouri. See they are brothers so "We Are Family" fits right in even if it's Disco. |
Chambers Street Theatre for 11:00am on Oct 6th, 2016Thu, 10/06/2016 - 11:35am | Ruth ChambersFinally the book, "Is Shakespeare Dead?," arrived. And what is this book? While Mark Twain wrote his autobiography, he included short books. The Shakespeare book is 51 pages. I have yet to find the other books, but am guessing they are short, too. Anyway, today Ruth reads from Chapter One. Twain gets himself involved is the old Bacon vs. Shakespeare, "Who wrote the plays?" |
Chambers Street Theatre for 11:00am on Sep 29th, 2016Thu, 09/29/2016 - 11:35am | Ruth ChambersWhile waiting for the Twain short book to arrive, Ruth reads a favorite: "Through the Looking Glass" from the White Knight chapter. The White Knight is a man of inventions that make Alice wonder. The charming part of the story is how the White Knight enjoys his life and even his inventions that don't work. |
Chambers Street Theatre for 11:00am on Sep 22nd, 2016Thu, 09/22/2016 - 11:35am | Ruth ChambersToday Ruth reads from Mark Twain's "AutoBio," all about doctoring during the 1800's. We seem to have lost some skills at finding herbs in the forest to cure what ails us. Too bad. Along with Twain is Jimmy Rogers singing about the good sight of seeing the Waterboy with a cup of water, and that's healing, too. |
Chambers Street Theatre for 11:00am on Sep 15th, 2016Thu, 09/15/2016 - 4:10pm | Ruth ChambersWith intro music by Jimmy Rogers ("You're in the Jailhouse Now") Ruth reads the story of Black Bart. Black Bart was a real person who robbed the Wells Fargo Stages. He robbed no other kind of stage because as Black Bart said, "...they could afford it." So here we go with some real history and some find poetry all hand written by Black Bart. |
Chambers Street Theatre for 11:00am on Sep 8th, 2016Thu, 09/08/2016 - 11:35am | Ruth ChambersBefore O. Henry went to New York and wrote all the charming tales of the City with a surprise ending, he spent three years in Texas as a cowman, and before that was raised in Norh Carolina. What? O. Henry wasn't born in New York? No, he wasn't. And his first book of stories are Texas stories: "Heart of the West." "A Call Loan" is a tale of long time friends having to face a missing $10,000. It's good O. Henry and the language is true to the time and place, because Mr. Porter was of the Texas time and place. And that's a time and place long gone. |
Chambers Street Theatre for 11:00am on Sep 1st, 2016Thu, 09/01/2016 - 11:35am | Ruth ChambersAnd here we are again...Live. Ruth reads from Chapter One of "Peter Pan" about a dog as a nurse maid for children. Nana is a "we wish it was real" kind of made-up character who becomes more real than real. Then Ruth reads a short section about a real animal who protects her kittens and stands guard against a too large visitor to Ruth's front porch. Fiction and truth...it's all in the writing and "Peter Pan" lives forever, and Nana lives on every page. |
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Thanks to all the folk I meet in town who recognize my voice and say how much they like my show. I like every one of you and we always have a nice chat about Mark Twain. You all are the best of people.
Here's our offering for your collection. It's an ode to our kitty Katie ...
A wonderfully warm Katie Cat
would come running whenever you sat.
She'd rumble and purr,
and had wonderful fur
to cuddle and nuzzle and pat.
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