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	'''The Black Crook'''		'''The Black Crook'''

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			'''<font face = arial light> <font color = maroon> <font size = 3>Unfinished History</font></font> </font>'''

	[[Image:perfarts$black-crook-actress.jpg]]		[[Image:perfarts$black-crook-actress.jpg]]

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	Black Crook actress; note the tights.		'''Black Crook actress; note the tights.'''

	THE BLACK CROOK		THE BLACK CROOK

	~~'''~~Generally considered the first truly American musical drama, '''The Black Crook''' hit both coasts with the force of a theatrical typhoon. The original 1866 edition played in New York for a record-breaking 475 performances, and within months San Francisco had mounted three knock-offs. A garish fable based on the Faust legend, the show's charms included such glitzy new mechanical effects as an onstage waterfall, plus a platoon of beautiful women in flesh-colored tights.'''		Generally considered the first truly American musical drama, '''The Black Crook''' hit both coasts with the force of a theatrical typhoon. The original 1866 edition played in New York for a record-breaking 475 performances, and within months San Francisco had mounted three knock-offs. A garish fable based on the Faust legend, the show's charms included such glitzy new mechanical effects as an onstage waterfall, plus a platoon of beautiful women in flesh-colored tights.'''

	[[Image:perfarts$black-crook-himself.jpg]]		[[Image:perfarts$black-crook-himself.jpg]]

	The Black Crook		'''The Black Crook'''

	~~Contributors to this page include~~:		''Photos: SF Performing Arts Library and Museum ''

	~~''SF Performing Arts Library and Museum - Publisher or Photographer ''~~

	SF ~~Performing Arts Library and Museum - Publisher or Photographer~~		[[Bert Williams - Vaudevillian \|Prev. Document]] [[Chinese Opera in SF \|Next Document]]

	SF Performing Arts ~~Library and Museum - Writer~~		[[category:Performing Arts]] [[category:1860s]]

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[[Image:perfarts$black-crook-actress.jpg]]

Black Crook actress; note the tights.

THE BLACK CROOK

'''Generally considered the first truly American musical drama, '''The Black Crook''' hit both coasts with the force of a theatrical typhoon. The original 1866 edition played in New York for a record-breaking 475 performances, and within months San Francisco had mounted three knock-offs. A garish fable based on the Faust legend, the show's charms included such glitzy new mechanical effects as an onstage waterfall, plus a platoon of beautiful women in flesh-colored tights.'''

[[Image:perfarts$black-crook-himself.jpg]]

The Black Crook

Contributors to this page include:

''SF Performing Arts Library and Museum - Publisher or Photographer ''

SF Performing Arts Library and Museum - Publisher or Photographer

SF Performing Arts Library and Museum - Writer

[[Bert Williams - Vaudevillian |Prev. Document]] [[Chinese Opera in SF |Next Document]]