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Summary
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English:
Advertisement poster for an American
pantomime
company called Humpty Dumpty, organized by Abbey & Hickey. The pantomime was a British art form with two parts: a highly stylized
harlequinade
that involved clown characters derived from older Italian forms, and a slapstick, zany musical theatre component based on a fairy tale or folk tale. A December 1879 advertisement for this show bragged that the cast consisted of 125 people.
From a May 4, 1880 advertisement the possible identities of main players can be added:
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Library of Congress https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2014636020/ |
| Author |
Matt Morgan (1837-1890) Strobridge & Co. Lithogrphers |
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Licensing
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This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 70 years or fewer . This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office ) before January 1, 1929. |
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