The Comedy-Ballet of Marionnettes (3)

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A woman shares the stage with two other comedians as musicians play in the orchestra pit — The comedy-ballet of Marionnettes as performed by the troupe of the Théâtre Impossible (3).

Artist

Name:: Beardsley, Aubrey
Dates:: 1872-1898
Country:: UK

Illustration

Subject:: Narratives
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: David O. McKay Library at BYU, Idaho, the Internet Archive

Periodical

Title:: The yellow book, vol. 2
Author(s):: Collective work
Publisher:: Boston, London: Copeland & Day, Elkin Mathews & John Lane, 1894

Description

A woman in a black dress and holding a face mask behind her back shares the stage with two other comedians, one of which wears horns and a beard, as musicians play in the orchestra pit.

Keywords: 1890s, 19th century, black & white, music, performance, periodical, Victorian, Yellow book