Image of a musician in a festive outfit with a horn around his neck, sitting on a table and raising a wine glass with his arm around a young woman who wears a purse that matches the man's bag, hat and boots; with a date sheet pasted on the lower left of the image for performances beginning on March 8, [1886], at Miner's Theatre in Brooklyn, New York; the poster advertises the German musical play "The Ratcatcher of Hamelin" (also titled "The Ratcatcher, or the Piper of Hamelin") adapted and produced in the United States in the mid 1880s by the Kiralfy Brothers. Probable date based on month and day in date sheet and general show history; the show was first performed by the Kiralfy Brothers in 1885. "Strobridge Lith Co Cinti NY & London"--text, bottom right. "Miner's / Brooklyn Theatre / Week Commencing / Monday, March 8 / Matinees Wednesday and Saturday."--text, date sheet attached at lower left.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 76.52 x 34.93 cm (30 1/8 x 13 3/4 in.)
Actors--Pictorial works Actresses--Pictorial works Couples--Pictorial works Ethnic costume--Pictorial works Melodramas Musicals Musicians--Pictorial works Theatrical productions Toasting--Pictorial works Kiralfy Brothers Brooklyn 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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