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Poster for "The Shaughraun"



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Title: Poster for "The Shaughraun"
Description: Color lithograph on paper. Title across top in caps. Below it a scene in a pub featuring three men, with the central figure propping a foot on a wooden bucket. At bottom, dialogue from the play: "Murther alive!!!" "Aye that's what it is. Murther-Alive, that'll see you pair hanged for it." Boucicault's popular "gaelic melodrama" was a huge success when it premiered at the Wallack Theatre in 1874. The fact that it appeared so soon after in London (probably at the Drury Lane Theatre, although it also played the Adelphi) is testament to the great popularity of the play. Boucicault often played the title character, and it is almost certainly his visage on the poster.
Image ID: 89173
Creation
Date: 		1875 ca.
Creator
Name: 		S. C. Allen and Company
Collection
Name:
Genre: Posters
Subjects: Theaters
Fireplaces
Furniture
Hats
Taverns (Inns)
Men
Costume
Barrels
Actors
Clothing and dress
Irish
Coats
 

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Please Credit: Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research
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