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Roland Reed the great eccentric comedian : in the new comedy drama: Cheek

Description: Image of a full-length portrait of comedian Roland Reed with vignettes of four scenes from the comedic melodrama "Cheek" by Frederick Mardsen, with captions of text between characters Ted and Dick and quotes from newspaper reviews of the play in the Chicago Times, Chicago Inter-Ocean, Chicago Daily News, the Chicago Herald, the St. Louis Republican, the St. Louis Post Dispatch, the Boston Herald, and the Boston Daily Globe; with date information for a show at the Worcester Theatre on November 7, [1883].
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Date: approximately 1882
Call number: priJLC_ENT_000247
Creator: Last, Jay T

"Cheek" Marsden's latest success with the eccentric comedian Roland Reed

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Image of a fist fight between two men, with two women and another man watching, taking place at night in Madison Square Park in New York City under electric arc lights, with trees, the hand and torch of the Statue of Liberty, the obelisk Worth Monument, buildings including the Fifth Avenue Hotel and the Erie Railway ticket office with signs including one for the "Payonia Ferry / Jersey City", and electricity poles in the background; the scene is captioned "Dick-'Cut in the face. He hadn't the cheek to stand it.'"; with a date sheet for a November 10, [1882], show, presumably at the Fulton Opera House in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, pasted at bottom; the poster advertises the comedic melodrama "Cheek" written by Frederick Mardsen and starring the comedian Roland Reed.

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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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The comedy drama the new Fogg’s ferry by Chas E. Callahan

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Image of a young man trying to help a disheveled young woman in rumpled clothing who kneels on a park lawn, while another woman, wearing a hat decorated with a bird, clenches her fist as if to hit them; 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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Mr. W. J. Florence, the Irish comedian as Paddy Finnegan in his Irish drama of Mike the miner

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Image of American actor and comedian William Florence (also known as Billy Florence) dressed as the Irish tramp character Paddy Finnegan wearing a ragged top hat and carrying a hobo satchel on the end of a stick; the poster advertises the drama "Mike, the Miner" written by Florence.

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Mr. Joe Sullivan, comedian

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Image of a head-and-shoulders portrait of comedian Joe Sullivan in formal dress, with a twig and flower border; date sheet for a November 3, [1883], show, presumably at the Fulton Opera House in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, pasted below image.

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C.B. Bishop comedian in Twins

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Image of a head-and-shoulders portrait of American comedian Charles B. Bishop in formal dress; border decorated with leaves, palm fronds, and comedy and tragedy masks; with date information for performances beginning on April 6, [1885], at the Baldwin Theatre in San Francisco, California, at top; the poster advertises the English farce comedy "Twins."

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Roland Reed the great eccentric comedian : in the new comedy drama: Cheek

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