A Theatrical Note About Burlesque

Introduction

          A MAN SAUNTERING down some urban sidewalk in early 20^th century America might have been handed this currency-like handbill by a tout loitering outside a theater. Inside, a number of acts were readying for their evening performances. “W. B. Watson presents Washington Society Girls”, with “May Howard” and “Harry Marks Stewart”. “SEE THE BIG SHOW”, exhorts the handbill.