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 42
; the top of the box is 4 raised as shown, and the ghost is now seen on the vapor of a Le little incense burnt on a small vessel on the top of the box. This gives a final ending to the exhibition; which, with the ex- ception of a little trouble in regulating the gradual rise of the box is not… … The Professor’s ghost wonders were not exhausted by this, for - * he showed us a model of a magic mirror, on the pattern of that described by Sir Walter Scott, by means of which he produced yarious spectres. This may be carried out in a large as well as 4
Amateur plays · Shadow shows · Tableaux
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