Drama -- History and criticism; Theater; Theater -- History
The set of the last act of the 'Garden of Allah' 148
A set for 'Medea' 148
The set of 'OEdipe-Roi' (at the Théâtre Français) 150
The set of the 'Return of Peter Grimm' 150
Scenes from Punch and Judy 274
Scenes from Punch and Judy (continued) 276
Roman puppets. Greek and Roman puppets. Puppet of Java 290
A Sicilian marionette show 292
A Belgian puppet. A Chinese puppet theater. Puppet figure
representing the younger Coquelin 294
Puppets in Burma 296
The puppet play of Master Peter (Italian) 296
A Neapolitan Punchinella 300
The broken bridge. Plan showing the construction of a
shadow-picture theater. A Hungarian dancer
(a shadow picture) 308
Shadow Pictures. The return from the Bois de Boulogne. The
ballet. A regiment of French soldiers 310
Shadow Picture. The Sphinx I: Pharaoh passing in triumph 312
Shadow Picture. The Sphinx II: Moses leading his people out
of Egypt 314
Shadow Picture. The Sphinx III: Roman warriors in Egypt 316
Shadow Picture. The Sphinx IV: The British troops to-day 318
I
THE SHOW BUSINESS
THE SHOW BUSINESS
I
At an interesting moment in Disraeli's picturesque career in British
politics he indulged in one of his strikingly spectacular effects, in
accord with his characteristic method of boldly startling the somewhat
sluggish imagination of his insular countrymen; and in the next week's
issue of _Punch_ there was a cartoon by Tenniel reflecting the general
opinion in regard to his theatrical audacity. He was represented as
Artemus Ward, frankly confessing that "I have no principles; I'm in the
show business."
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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