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Story November 20, 1867

The Carson Daily Appeal

Carson City, Ormsby County, Carson City County, Nevada

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Account of the rivalry between two nude theatrical productions in New York: the Black Crook at Niblo's Garden and the Devil's Auction at Barnum's Museum, involving managers Wheatley and De Pol importing star dancers from Paris and Vienna, with added attractions like a mechanical donkey and child soldiers.

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The Naked Drama in New York.—

The Call's spicy New York correspondent, Satanella, gives us the following account of the doings among the naked show people of that city:

But, after all, the great theatrical fight just now is between the two nudities, the Black Crook at Niblo's and the Devil's Auction at Barnum's Museum or Opera House. De Pol, of the latter, having imported a corps of Parisian danseuses, a little superior to Wheatley's corps, and just as willing to make "model artists" of themselves. Wheatley had to interpolate a "mechanical donkey" as an additional attraction. Forthwith De Pol brings out from Paris a still more famous dancer called M'lle Guiseppina Morlacchi, the "star danseuse of Europe," and Wheatley announces the second year of the Black Crook, with "another queen of the dance," one M'lle Louise Billon, the "premiere danseuse" from the Imperial Theater of Vienna, another "star male dancer," and also "La Garde Imperiale," consisting of "one hundred and fifty child soldiers," equipped as cavalry, chasseurs, sappers, zouaves, etc. De Pol has the best male dancer I have ever seen, and his danseuses wear next to nothing. Wheatley's dancers wear a suspicion of gauze besides, and have one hundred and fifty children. Surely both managers are men of enterprise.

What sub-type of article is it?

Curiosity

What themes does it cover?

Social Manners

What keywords are associated?

Theatrical Rivalry Nude Shows Black Crook Devil's Auction Parisian Danseuses New York Theater

What entities or persons were involved?

Satanella De Pol Wheatley M'lle Guiseppina Morlacchi M'lle Louise Billon

Where did it happen?

New York

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Satanella De Pol Wheatley M'lle Guiseppina Morlacchi M'lle Louise Billon

Location

New York

Story Details

Rivalry between managers Wheatley of the Black Crook at Niblo's and De Pol of the Devil's Auction at Barnum's Museum, featuring imported Parisian and Viennese dancers performing nearly nude, with added attractions like a mechanical donkey and 150 child soldiers.

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