A musical burlesque

A musical burlesque

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Title:
A musical burlesque
Description:
Shown here is the cast of The Sack of Lancaster, a musical burlesque presented by the Theatre Lancaster Social Union on Friday evening, May 16, 1879 at the Lancaster Town Hall. These live burlesques, in which the serious was treated lightly and the frivolous seriously, were a popular form of entertainment in the days before film and television.
Date:
[ca. May 1879]
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Group portraits
Portrait photographs
Location:
Lancaster Historical Society
Collection (local):
Photo Archives of the Lancaster (MA) Historical Society
Subjects:
Entertainers
Places:
Massachusetts > Worcester (county) > Lancaster
Extent:
1 photograph
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Notes (publications):
Published in: Images of America, Lancaster / Heather Maurer Lennon. Charleston, SC ; Chicago IL ; Portsmouth NH ; San Francisco CA. : Arcadia Publishing, 2001
Identifier:
13232149