Gilbert's book of pantomimes, acting charades, parlor theatricals, and tableaux ... Illustrated with numerous fine engravings, showing exactly how everything should be done (1878)
Williams, Henry T., McManus-Young Collection (Library of Congress) · New York, Hurst, c1878. · leaf 13
GENERAL DIRECTIONS. 9 be filled to the top with sand, on or in which the cup should be placed (see fig. 2). This is a very necessary precaution, ag should the lamp by any chance be overturned,’ the hot grease … would be absorbed by the sand, and thereby save the carpet and the floor, besides obviating the risk of even more serioug results. Tun Perrormanon:—Having arranged all these preliminaries, viz., the screen tightly strained and fitted to its place, and the lamp prepared and lighted, the pantomime…
Amateur plays · Shadow shows · Tableaux
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