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The Banker's daughter
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Image of a fist fight between men in tuxedos at the bottom of a grand staircase in an embassy while party guests, including women in ball gowns, an old man with a cane and an injured foot, and servant looking on, captioned "(The Insult)"; with a date sheet for a March 27, [1884], show, presumably at the Fulton Opera House in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, pasted at top; the poster advertises the melodrama "The Banker's Daughter" by Bronson Howard.
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Otto : a German
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Image of circular vignettes of head-and-shoulders portraits of German comedian George S. Knight and his wife, American burlesque performer Sophie Worrell Knight, surrounded by tree, leaf, and fence borders, and four vignettes of scenes with a top center image of an outdoors view of a couple and two men in the front yard of a house with a fountain captioned "Act. 1st"; a bottom left image of an outdoor view of a park with a couple and a man on the ground having just been hit by a woman captioned "Act. 2nd."; a bottom center image of three men in a warehouse captioned "Act 3rd."; and a bottom right image of individuals in a formal parlor captioned "Act. 4th."; the poster advertises the comedic drama "Otto, a German" by Fred Mardsen.
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The Madison Square Theatre Company : Hazel Kirke
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Image of six vignettes of theatrical scenes and characters consisting of a head-and-shoulders portrait of a young woman, captioned "Hazel," at top left; a parlor scene with an older man sleepwalking past a kneeling young woman captioned, "Seen & Unseen," at center left; a man with his arms folded, captioned "Squire Rodney," at lower left; a couple standing and embracing with the man smoking two cigarettes, captioned "May all our sorrows end like this 'in smoke,'" at lower left; a young man sitting and playing a penny whistle, captioned "Met," at bottom left; and a young woman wearing an apron and standing with a young man, with a basket of laundry and drying linens on racks before a fireplace, captioned "Dolly's Surprise," at bottom right; the poster advertises the comedy drama "Hazel Kirke" by Steele Mackaye.
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Buffalo Bill Combination : Buffalo Bill's new drama 20 days or Buffalo Bill's pledge
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Image of a central image of a portrait of William F. Cody as Buffalo Bill sitting at a campfire in a frontiersman costume with a rifle and saddle, surrounded by eight vignettes of different dramatic scenes including a street parade with a horse-drawn cart labeled "Buffalo Bill To Night"; Cody digging at a hill with a knife in the wilderness with the caption "Buried Alive"; Cody holding up the head of a young injured man with the caption "He Still Lives"; a farmer sleeping on a plow pulled by two oxen while holding a book of the "Life of Buffalo Bill" while images of caricatured Native American Indians and a man hanging by a noose while another is burned at the stake appear in his dreams, captioned "The Farmer's Dream"; Cody on horseback cutting the rope of a hangman's noose from a young man’s neck who hangs from a tree, captioned "Whose Picnic Is this?"; a parlor scene where a man is shot while others look on, captioned "The 20 days are up, and my pledge fulfilled"; a man in a fistfight with Cody in the parlor and wielding a knife, captioned "Keep Cool Pard."; and Cody riding on horseback through the plains while a fire burns in the distance and a battle with Native American Indians on horseback goes on; with images of a bison with the caption "Diamond Pin with Diamond Eyes," at bottom of central image, and an eagle that holds a medal that reads "Congress to W. F. Cody Buffalo Bill Scout & Guide" at top; the poster advertises the melodrama "20 Days or Buffalo Bill's Pledge" (also known as "Twenty Days or Buffalo Bill's Pledge") and includes printed date information for performances beginning on December 11, [1882], at the Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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The banker’s daughter : act III the quarrel at the embassy - an insult resented
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Image of a fist fight between men in tuxedos at the bottom of a grand staircase in an embassy while party guests, including women in ball gowns, an old man with a cane and an injured foot, and servant looking on; the poster advertises the melodrama "The Banker's Daughter" written by Bronson Howard.
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Chauncey Olcott in the great play Mavourneen
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Image of four scenes from the musical comedy-drama "Mavourneen" by William J. Scanlan depicting a child sitting in a large scallop shell with a man, presumably actor Chauncey Olcott, captioned "There you are!"; a dancing scene with men and women at a ball dressed in late 18th century costumes, captioned "Act II. John Dwyer's Dublin Mansion the minuet as danced in 1773."; two men in historical dress sitting and standing at a desk, captioned "The Brothers Terrence & John Dwyer"; and the child and man kneeling outside on a snowy evening, captioned "The Christmas Story."
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