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Creating the Past through Drama

Rebecca Eaton, executive producer of PBS Masterpiece and Stephen Marini, Elisabeth Luce Moore professor of religion at Wellesley College

Part of the Massachusetts Historical Society’s Creating the Past Conversation Series, Rebecca Eaton, executive producer of PBS Masterpiece, and Stephen Marini, Elisabeth Luce Moore professor of religion at Wellesley College, discuss how historical dramas have shaped popular perceptions of past eras.  Creating the Past: History Through the Popular Arts is the 2009-2010 series theme and features professionals who bring history to popular audiences through music, literature, drama, and the visual arts.