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Kate Claxton in the Two Orphans Handbill/Program circa 1880

Kate Claxton in the Two Orphans Handbill/Program circa 1880

$ 23.76

Availability: 38 in stock
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Condition: Paper toned. Paper loss. Nicks. Creases. Horizonal folds. See scans.
  • Original/Reproduction: Original

    Description

    Single page single sided. 6" x 9"
    Kate Claxton
    Biography:
    (1848-1924)
    Immortalized in the annals of American theater for her portrayal of blind Louise, the pitiable sister of the ur-melodrama "The Two Orphans" (1875), Kate Claxton may have played the role as many as 4,000 times in the course of her stage career. Her other claim to fame was as a harbinger of ill: she was on stage in the Brooklyn Theater fire of December 1876, the St. Louis hotel fire of 1877 and three minor other fires, and audience panics on four other occasions. To her annoyance people nicknamed her "the fire witch."