Source 6c

Poster with illustration of a man with long blond hair dressed in a fur hat, skirt and jacket, holding a musket and with an axe in his belt. A dog runs behind him.
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Robinson Crusoe, 1886 (COPY 1/76 f.133)

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GORGEOUS PANTOMIME

 

Robinson Crusoe

 

« Return to Past pleasures

7. This is a poster from a performance the Victorians might have attended:

  • What type of people do you think might have gone to this performance?
  • How similar do you think this pantomime would have been to one you would go and see today?
  • Do you think you would be interested in the story from what you can see in the poster?
  • Which of these three events would you most like to go and see? Why?