Wednesday, 11 October 2006

A vaudeville performance based on the old English ballad “Death and the Lady” in 1906.

   A vaudeville performance based on the old English ballad “Death and the Lady” in 1906.

   In 1906 The Journal of the English Folk Song Society published a piece on the old English ballad “Death and the Lady.” Some enterprising female entertainer encountered the article and realized the story might be used as a great vaudeville piece about the evils of card play and alcohol.





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