Image of a young man and an old man in historical costumes trying to escape a jail cell, with the young man holding open a bag and the older man breaking the blocks of the cell wall with a metal rod; the poster advertises the melodrama "A Prisoner for Life" adapted from a French play by Louis Nathal. Probable date based on general show history; "A Prisoner for Life" was performed at the Union Square Theatre in 1885 and performed at Colonel Sinn's Park Theatre on April 5-10, 1886 ("Park Theatre, Brooklyn, 1885-1886" in Odell, Annals of the New York Stage, Vol. XIII, page 146). "The Strobridge Lith Co Cnti NY & London"--text, bottom right. "N.Y. 1265"--text, top right margin. "Col. Sinn's Park Theatre"--text, top center margin. "'To Work! To Work! For Our Lives!'"--text, caption, bottom right.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 75.57 x 50.48 cm (29 3/4 x 19 7/8 in.)
Actors--Pictorial works Correctional institutions--Pictorial works Melodramas Older people--Pictorial works Prisoners--Pictorial works Theatrical productions Park Theatre Lithographs--Color--1875-1900. (gmgpc) Theatrical posters--American. (gmgpc)
Place
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
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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