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The marvelous melo-dramatic success. : "A great wrong" written by John A. Stevens



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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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  • Superb scenic production of L.J. Carter’s great play : the fast mail

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    Image of a landscape view of Niagara Falls at night with silhouettes of people on a suspension bridge and a body falling into the river below; vignettes of four scenes consisting of a man tied to a chair; a man sitting on a park bench with a woman standing behind him; a police officer shining a light down upon two men, and a man comparing the time on a pocket watch to the time of a grandfather clock; the poster advertises the melodrama "The Fast Mail" written by Lincoln J. Carter.

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    Image of the legs of three men, apparently disconnected from the top halves of their bodies, floating out open windows from a room containing a vase with palm fronds and a chair; the poster advertises the comedy "The New Baby" adapted by English actor and stage manager Arthur Bourchier from the German play "Der Rabenvater" by H. Fischer and Joseph Jarn.

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  • Reilly & Woods classic vaudevilles Pat Reilly proprietor & manager

    Reilly & Woods classic vaudevilles Pat Reilly proprietor & manager

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    Image of four female can-can dancers kicking their legs and lifting their skirt and petticoat trims; border decorated with palm fronds; the poster advertises a show performed by Reilly & Wood's Classic Vaudeville Company.

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  • John A. Stevens in his renowned creation the new unknown

    John A. Stevens in his renowned creation the new unknown

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    Image of an outdoor scene with a woman lying dead on the ground as a man mourns over her body and a man in a sailor suit points at another man, presumably the murderer, while a group of onlookers watch; the poster advertises a rewritten version of the melodrama "The Unknown" by John A. Stevens.

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  • Lincoln J. Carter’s under the dome

    Lincoln J. Carter’s under the dome

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    Image of a man in a white naval uniform reaching out to a priest on his knees praying, during a hurricane with lightning and wind-blown palm fronds in the background; the poster advertises the play "Under the Dome" by Lincoln Carter and a date sheet for a performance on November 10, [1898], at an unidentified Opera House is attached to the bottom of the poster.

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