Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Book of Tableaux and Shadow Pantomimes: Containing a Choice Collection of Tableaux Vivants, or Living Pictures, Embracing Moving Tableaux and Fairy-Tale Tableaux; Together With Directions for Arranging the Stage, Costuming the Characters, and Forming Appropriate Groups
The book concludes with full directions for producing the Shadow Pantomime, together with a few comic Acts and Pantomimes illustrating the manner in which this amusing entertainment should be arranged; also containing hints and directions for adapting humorous pieces to the requirements of the shadow curtain, all written expressly for this work by a gentleman thoroughly experienced in the subject.
A glance at the table of contents will suffice to show what a varied and ample. Fund of entertainment to enliven many a long winter's evening is contained in this little work.
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