Image of a gory battle scene in a Sudanese city with British cavalry on horseback, armed with guns and swords, fighting bare-chested Arab natives with spears and swords, one jumping native holds the decapitated head of a British soldier; the poster advertises the melodrama "The Soudan," first performed in England under the title "Human Nature." Probable date based on general show history; the play was first produced in the United States in 1890. "H.A. Thomas / & Wylie / Lith. Co. 130, 132 & 134 W. 24th St. N.Y."--text, lower left.
Actors--Pictorial works Arabs--Pictorial works Battles--Pictorial works Ethnic costume--Pictorial works Historical dramas Melodramas Soldiers--Pictorial works Soldiers--British--England--Pictorial works Sudanese--Pictorial works Theatrical productions Lithographs--Color--1875-1900. (gmgpc) Theatrical posters--American. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Entertainment Large Size Music and Theater The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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