Blackmail by W.C. Cowper. : Under the management of Chapman & Sellers
Description
Image of a scene of a man in a historical costume being forced to write a letter with a quill pen at gunpoint by a man in a pirate costume with a knife under his belt; the poster advertises the romantic drama "Blackmail" by William C. Cowper.
Image of an interior scene of a man and woman in historical costumes pointing a man wearing a pirate costume with a knife in his belt towards the door; the poster advertises the romantic drama "Blackmail" by William C. Cowper.
Image of a blond child pulling on the arm of a man wearing a pirate costume who sits at table with his back turned to her with a drink and bottle of alcohol; the poster advertises the melodrama "Blackmail" by William C. Cowper.
Image of an Arab man, wearing a robe with a knife in his belt, grabbing a detective by the neck and choking him at the direction of an elderly man in a similar costume and headdress who stands behind a table labeled "Kaldah the mystic" with a star and crescent symbol, while a worried young woman in a pink dress, hat, and fur stole looks on; the poster advertises the melodrama "Child Slaves of New York" written by Charles E. Blaney and Howard Hall.
Image of a head-and-shoulders portrait of American actor Louis Aldrich, wearing formal dress, in an oval decorated with United States flags, eagle, leaves, acorns, and branches, and a shield; date sheet for performances beginning on December 13, [1886], at the Grand Opera House in Brooklyn, New York, pasted at bottom of image; the poster advertises Aldrich presumably in the drama "My Partner" by Bartley Campbell.
Image of five character vignettes consisting of two male and two female musicians, in Spanish costumes, standing in a row playing mandolins; head-and-shoulder portraits of a whiteface clown and a hobo captioned "The Cherubs," a portrait of a man with a cane and long mustache and a woman wearing a bonnet captioned "Symantha and Algernon"; an old man in an historical costume patting a boy with an ax on the head captioned "The Little Hatchet"; and a pirate with a knife moving towards a girl in a nightgown with her arms raised captioned "The Amateur Villain and Maiden"; with vignettes of head-and-shoulder portraits of Ray L. Royce, at upper right, and Web Lansing, at lower left, and a decorative border; the poster advertises the musical-comedy show "Basket of Chips" performed by Royce and Lansing's company.
Image of a scene in a dining room with a man, presumably Irish actor John O'Donnell, punching another man with his fist, while a woman in a pink dress watches the fighting; the performers are dressed in historical costumes and stand before a table and fireplace; the poster advertises the romantic comedy "Rollicking Shannon" written by Alexander McLean.
