Richard ByrneFeb 294 minA Few Words About Lola MontezThis short essay was the program note for the world premiere of my play, An Evening with Lola Montez, at the 2019 Capitol Fringe...
Richard ByrneJan 18, 202311 min Some Time in Belgrade: Dušan Veličković 1. My friend Dušan Veličković passed away last week. His death hit me hard. We had a deep professional relationship in the 1990s and...
Richard ByrneDec 18, 20213 minJohn Spalek 1928-2021Only recently did I learn that John Spalek - the great scholar of German exiles in the United States (and, in particular, Ernst Toller) -...
Richard ByrneFeb 12, 20219 minWhat Not Why: Making Art in a PandemicA version of this essay appeared in the January 2021 issue of The Ryder. 1. When the COVID-19 outbreak was on the cusp of graduating from...