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Niles, Evans, Bryant & Hoey the "Meteors" in the "book agent"
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks V6-0066 Theater Poster
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hoey, William, 1855-1897.
- Hoey, William.
- Evans, Charles E., 1857-1945.
- Evans, Charles E.
- Bryant, Fred C.
- Actors.
- Minstrel shows--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Local Subjects:
- Actors.
- Minstrel shows--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Genre:
- Caricatures
- Penn Provenance:
- Provenance unknown.
- Physical Description:
- 1 print : lithograph, color; 81.4 x 61.1 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- [N.Y.] : H.A. Thomas, Lith. Studio, [between 1882 and 1886]
- Biography/History:
- The Book Agent, a comedy by F. Dumont, was copyrighted in 1882 and was performed by the Meteors (comprised of Niles, Evans, Bryant & Hoey). The Book Agent was retitled The Parlor Match sometime before 1886.
- Summary:
- Image of Bryant grabbing hold of caricatures of Hoey and Evans in blackface.
- Notes:
- Forms part of the Theater Poster Collection; for general information, see collection record.
- Letterpress paste-on reads National Theatre
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