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Aimee in the new English comedy "Mam’zelle."

Description: Image of a head-and-shoulders portrait of French opéra bouffe actor and singer Marie Aimée; with a date sheet for the December 8-9, [1884], show in Redmond's Grand Opera House in Grand Rapids, Michigan, pasted at the top of the image; the poster advertises the farce comedy "Mam'zelle" written by George Jessop and William Gill.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1884
Call number: priJLC_ENT_000267
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005.

Aimee in English

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Image of a head-and-shoulders portrait of French opéra bouffe actor and singer Marie Aimée; date sheet for a September 13, [1886], show at the Park Theatre in Brooklyn, New York, pasted above image; the poster presumably advertises the farce comedy "Mam'zelle" written by George Jessop and William Gill.

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W.C. Mitchell’s pleasure party in our goblins or fun on the Rhine. : Mr. William Gill

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Image of a three-quarters-length portrait of playwright and actor William Gill dressed in a suit and boater hat; the poster advertises the comedy "Our Goblins" by Gill.

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Frank W. Sanger’s company supporting John F. Sheridan : in Mrs. Bridget O’Brien Esq

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Image of American actor and comedian John Sheridan dressed as the female character Mrs. O’Brien, an old woman in a feathered hat, entering through a door carrying hat boxes and an umbrella, with a painted screen with an image of a heron landing on a pond in the background; the poster advertises the farce comedy "Mrs. Bridget O'Brien, Esq." that was based on a character by that name in the 1880s comedy "Fun on the Bristol."

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Gus Williams in his new comedy “oh, what a night”

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Image of a head-and-shoulders portrait of American actor Gus Williams as the character Major Pottgeiser, in a frame bordered by stars in the night sky, leaves, tree branches, and an owl with a bandaged head peering over the portrait frame; the poster advertises the comedy "Oh, What a Night" written by George Hoey.

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Henry E. Dixey as H. Irving : in Adonis

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Image of a full-length portrait of American comedian Henry Dixey, imitating English actor Henry Irving, wearing a historical costume with a cloak and tights, and opening a can labeled "English Milk You Know" near a water pump and tree; the poster advertises the burlesque comedy "Adonis, the Statue" written by William Gill.

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My sweetheart : R.E. Graham. Minnie Palmer

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Image of two panels of rural outdoor scenes of country life, with kids playing "Ring around the Rosie" with a young dancing man, presumably American actor Robert E. Graham, in the center and a stone well and a thatched-roof cottage in the background in the left panel; a milkmaid, presumably American actor Minnie Palmer, pulls up her striped stockings, with a pail on the ground, in the right panel; the poster advertises the musical comedy "My Sweetheart" written by William Gill.

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Aimee in the new English comedy "Mam’zelle."

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Aimee in English

W.C. Mitchell’s pleasure party in our goblins or fun on the Rhine. : Mr. William Gill

Frank W. Sanger’s company supporting John F. Sheridan : in Mrs. Bridget O’Brien Esq

Gus Williams in his new comedy “oh, what a night”

Henry E. Dixey as H. Irving : in Adonis

My sweetheart : R.E. Graham. Minnie Palmer