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John A. Stevens in his renowned creation the new unknown
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Taken from life
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The comedy drama the new Fogg’s ferry by Chas E. Callahan
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Image of a man and two women on the banks of a lake shore with a young women in a dress and straw hat lying on the ground with her hand in the air, while a young man tries to stop her mother from hitting her with a stick; the poster advertises the comedic melodrama "New Fogg's Ferry" written by Charles Callahan, presumably as an updated version of his 1882 play "Fogg's Ferry."
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A great wrong righted : John A. Stevens
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Image of a parlor with a man and woman fighting across a writing table while a woman holds a letter in her hand and another man enters the room through curtains; with a head-and-shoulders profile portrait of actor and dramatist John A. Stevens at top right; a printed date sheet advertising performances beginning on September 27, [1886], at the Grand Opera House in Brooklyn, New York, is pasted to the bottom of poster; the poster advertises the melodrama "A Great Wrong Righted" (also titled "A Great Wrong") written by Stevens.
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The marvelous melo-dramatic success. : "A great wrong" written by John A. Stevens
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A powerful play of New York life : the girl he couldn't buy : by Sumner Nichols
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