Image of a scene of a man stabbing and murdering a miner, the character Ned Singleton, with a knife during a fight atop a kitchen table; the poster has printed date information for performances beginning on January 18, [1886], at the Brooklyn Theatre in Brooklyn, New York; the poster advertises the drama "My Partner" by Bartley Campbell. Probable date based on month and day in item text and general show history; "Brooklyn Theatre, 1885-1886 ... Echoes from a profitable past floated in with the revival ([January] 18th-23rd [1886]) of My Partner, with Louis Aldrich ..." (Odell, Annals of the New York Stage, Vol. XIII, page 150) "H.A. Thomas, Lith. Studio, 47 East 12th St. N.Y."--text, lower left. "Act. 2d. NED - Force you to take that slander back on your knees- or take your wicked life!"--text, bottom centered. "Brooklyn Theatre, / Week, Commencing Monday, / Matinees Wednesday and Saturday. / Jan. 18"--text, date sheet panel at bottom.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 67.31 x 43.18 cm (26 1/2 x 17 in.)
Actors--Pictorial works Melodramas Murder--Pictorial works Theatrical productions Violence--Pictorial works 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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