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Varieties Theatre in New Orleans, ND (ca.1860-70) Obsolete Advertising Note for "Under the Gaslight

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Varieties Theatre in New Orleans,  ND (ca.1860-70) Obsolete Advertising Note for  Under the Gaslight
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This item SOLD at 2023 Feb 28 @ 15:45UTC-5 : EST/CDT
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New Orleans, Louisiana. ND (ca.1860-70) 100 Cents, Admission ticket for the play "Under the Gaslight." (Under the Gaslight is an 1867 play by Augustin Daly. It was his first successful play, and is a primary example of a melodrama, best known for its suspense scene where a person is tied to railroad tracks as a train approaches, only to be saved from death at the last possible moment.) Black on green underprint with allegorical young women at left and right and the famous train scene at the bottom. The play was preformed at the Varieties Theatre located on Gravier Street, New Orleans. One of the most important playhouses in New Orleans was Placide's "Varieties," which stood on Gravier, between Carondelet and Baronne, near the site of the present Cotton Exchange. Varieties Alley still preserves its name. The house opened in 1849 under the management of Tom Placide, who was himself an actor, and not infrequently took part in the plays which he produced. It was built by an association known as the "Varieties Club," which came into existence in 1849, but which was connected with another dramatic club, the Histrionics, the origin of which has been traced back as far as the year 1840. The theater burned in 1854 and was rebuilt the next year, opening under the management of Dion Boucicault, who called it "The Gaiety." It regained its old name and burned again in 1870. The proprietors now changed the location of their theater, purchasing land in Canal Street and Dauphine, where the Maison Blanche stands. This last Varieties, which was afterwards called the Grand Opera House, was opened in 1871. It was for many years under the control of Lawrence Barrett, who played here for the first time in the classical repertoire which later gained him lasting fame. The theater was one of the best known in the South. Fine to VF condition with archival reinforcement on the back at fold splitting and a stain on the upper left corner. Rare New Orleans advertising note.