| Reverse side of all ten advertising cards for Anthony &
Ellis Original Ideal Uncle Tom's Cabin Co. Caption: "Grand majestic
production! Superb revival! Anthony & Ellis Original Ideal Uncle Tom's
Cabin Co. and Memphis University Students. The only standard company
recognized by press and public, producing in America Mrs. Stowe's
immortal work Uncle Tom's Cabin. The present superb revival of Uncle
Tom's Cabin is without precedent in the history of any work. Our
company having played to over 2,000,000 people in the past four
seasons, under our management. A powerful double company. Grand
scenic effects! Magnificent scenery! Floating ice scene! Marks and
his donkey—The Memphis University Students, the finest colored
vocalists in the world—Introducing the great spectacular scene of
Eliza's escape across the Ohio River by moonlight, of our imported,
trained, negro-hunting Siberian blood-hounds, the most intelligent and
valuable dogs ever imported to America—Grand Transformation—The
Beautiful Gates Ajar—Eva in Heaven—Magnificent Allegorical Tableaux.
The management respectfully suggest the purchase of tickets in
advance, as standing room has been at a premium nearly every night.
Take the children! Don't let them miss it! Go early! See papers for
particulars and prices." The Courier Lith. Co. Buffalo, N.Y. c.1881.
Purchased with funds from the Robert and Virginia
Tunstall Trust, Univ. of Virginia. |
