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Pantomime... OF DEATH!

French 18th c. comic opera could go really hard... The "Death of Captain Cook" pantomime has four acts! Guess which one he actually kicks the bucket in? 🤔

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Title page of the Death of Captain Cook pantomime, Paris, 1788. Nr. 5 in a collected volume of comic operas. LA MORT (The Death) in capitals, under small seascape woodcut with synopses and dramatis personae opposite.
February 14, 2025 at 1:03 PM