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Title	Hotel Topsy Turvy'; Poster (1900)
Date	n.d.
Date era	1890-1910
Production	Hotel Topsy Turvy
Artistic roles	Nellie Hawthorne (Actor); Josie De Witt (Actor)
Genre	Farce
Theme	Women in 19th C. Theatre
Item description	Lithograph poster advertising ' Hotel Topsy Turvy'; starring Nellie Hawthorne and Josie De Witt. The poster bills the show as being ' The New Musical Comedy'; and says that it is coming from Herald Square Theatre, NY. The poster is in color and is estimated to be from the year 1900.
Object narrative	Hotel Topsy Turvy'; opened in New York City during the 1898 season starring Marie Dressler and Edwin Foy, famous comedic actors of the time. This poster bills the play as being a new musical comedy, but this production was not among the first performances of ' Hotel Topsy Turvy'; in the United States. It originated in France and had a successful run of 200 nights at the Folies Dramatiques in Paris, then was brought to the United States by entrepreneurial producers. It had a successful run at the Herald Square Theatre in New York and critics labeled the play in numerous ways, including burlesque and musical farce. ' The story is based on the farcical difficulties of a circus troupe that tries to keep a hotel. The ensuring complications and what happens to the guests can be better imagined than described...'; (Life Magazine, 20 Oct. 1898). In 1900, producers Ryley and Dunne revived the show with Josie De Witt and Nellie Hawthorne as shown in this poster. Josie De Witt had been a successful vaudeville performer for several years, first seen with her sister, Vinie. She played the violin in vaudeville and was also known for her tuneful ballads. After her run in ' Hotel Topsy Turvy,'; De Witt returned to the vaudeville circuit and became a strong favorite. She died tragically at the age of thirty-one after surgery while in Manchester, England in 1905.
Original format	Poster
Repository	Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries (http://library.uncg.edu/info/depts/scua/)
Collection	MSS255 Robert C. Hansen Performing Arts Collection
Series	9.1 Posters -- Plays/Perfomances
Finding aid link	http://library.uncg.edu/info/depts/scua/collections/manuscripts/ead/mss255.xml
Preferred citation	[Identification of item], Robert C. Hansen Performing Arts Collection, 1753-2006 (MSS255), Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives and Manuscripts, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, NC, USA.
Copyright	http://libcdm1.uncg.edu/cdm/copyright
Object ID	MSS255_P005
Digital publisher	The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University Libraries, PO Box 26170, Greensboro NC 27402-6170, 336.334.5304
Digital collection homepage	http://libcdm1.uncg.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/Hansen

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