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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  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

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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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  Harry Webber : [Nip and Tuck Detectives]

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  Image of two men racing carts driven by snorting horses down a crowded city street and being chased by a police officer with angry pedestrians, a dog, and storefronts in the background; vignette of a head-and-shoulders portrait of comedian and actor Harry Webber in forma dress at upper left; unfinished title panel has horseshoe decoration; the poster advertises the melodrama comedy "Nip and Tuck: or, the Great Detectives."

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  Taken from life

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  Image of an outdoor scene in a courtyard with a fleeing man on a horse trying to escape a fallen police officer, with onlookers and a man with a pitchfork threatening a couple in the background; the poster advertises the melodrama "Taken From Life" written by Henry Pettitt.

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