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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 40

An illustration from Gilbert's book of pantomimes, acting charades, parlor theatricals, and tableaux ... Illustrated with numerous fine engravings, showing exactly how everything should be done, 1878, leaf 40
it could be modified. “I went to see Pepper’s ghost at the institute, and afterwards I saw Gompertz’s exhibition, and I conceived the idea of making a model, that I could raise my own ghosts.” said the Professor, “JT found that the principle was to let the light fall ona solid ob- ject, on a… … A is the auditorium, B the proscenium, C the stage, D the invisible glass reflective surface, E the object to be shown, and F the lamp which supplies the illuminating power which is thrown on E, and which the audience see on D. The platform on which E lies, has a black background, unless it is…

Amateur plays · Shadow shows · Tableaux

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