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Boston Theatre / Last Night of Mazulm, or The Night Owl. 1859. Letterpress broadside on salmon paper, illustrated with a wood-engraving at center, advertising comic pantomimes by Gabriel and Francois Ravel. Lengthy description of The Night Owl scenery including ?a cemetery by moonlight," ?ghosts of the dead," a peasant girl who ?turns to a skeleton," and more. The bill also advertises a troupe displaying ?exercises of strength and agility" on perpendicular ropes. ?Mazulm" was revived later in the 19th century, as a larger production, by P.T. Barnum and Imre Kiralfy. Linen backed. Scattered light creases; faint center fold. 18 ? x 6".