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Dates: during 1879-1879
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This company must be intending to leave the legitimate drama for pantomime, for nearly every article turns into something else, - generally into a bed. The fascinating columbine, Modjeska, sits during the daytime on a sofa which, with a wave of her wand, turns into a four-poster, while the noted harlequin, Manager H. H. Sargent, with a blow of his sword, turns some one of his numerous nickel-plated conveniences into a trundle...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MODJESKA'S PALACE CAR. | 5/16/1879 | See Source »

...shifts the scene as by some magic wand...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A THUNDER SHOWER. | 2/7/1879 | See Source »

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