Hoyt's A Midnight Bell "Mr. Keene, Try Another Chair?"

c. 1889

28 x 41 in (71 x 104 cm)

ID #TOCT005

Original poster for Hoyt's A Midnight Bell opened in the Bijou Theatre circa 1889.

"Mr. Keene, Try Another Chair?"

Charles Hale Hoyt, born in 1859, was a brilliant farcical comedy writer who entitled virtually every one of his plays beginning with A to bump his name to the top of whatever list he appeared on. He wrote his farces till he passed far too soon at the age of 41 in 1900.

 

Please NOTE bottom left and right corners have been restored.

250-500 A Midnight Bell American theatre another chair books Charles Hoyt cigar clock fireplace Hoyt laughter every minute moustache Mr. Keene play silk silk robes size-28x41 smoking theater Theatre toc turn of the century

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