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HENRI SOMM'S COPY ILLUMINATED WITH ORIGINAL DRAWINGS.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

A very rare programme of the first real shadow show in France. Black Cat.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The adventure of the first Chat Noir cabaret (84, boulevard Rochechouart) came to an end in June 1885, when Rodolphe Salis moved to 12, rue Laval to set up L'Hostellerie du Chat Noir and transform his artistic cabaret into a social theatre. While it's not unusual to come across Claude Debussy or Erik Satie playing the piano on the ground floor, Henri Rivi\u00e8re's shadow theatre reigns supreme in the Salle des f\u00eates on the second floor.
\nOn 28 December 1887, the first real shadow show opened, a series of 4 creations beginning with a contemporary adaptation by Henri Riv\u00e8re of The Temptation of St Anthony<\/em> - Grand spectacle fairy tale in 2 acts and 40 scenes<\/em>x - follow-up Son of the Eunuch, drama in one act and six tableaux<\/em> by Henry Somm, a Pantomime in one act<\/em> by Willette : \u00a0The Golden Age,\u00a0<\/em> andA game of whist<\/em>, play in one act and prose<\/em> by Sahib.<\/p>\n

A fragile 8-page programme was distributed to the audience - a large sheet folded in four and illustrated with 5 black drawings by Henri Rivi\u00e8re, Henry Somm and Willette, with explanatory texts and a song.<\/p>\n

The present copy bound by Carayon is that of Henry Somm<\/strong>an eminent member of the Chat Noir who was also responsible for introducing theatre into the first cabaret (La Berline de l'\u00e9migr\u00e9 1885) <\/i>and author of the second play in the show.<\/p>\n

Henri Somm has illustrated his copy with numerous original drawings in black and colour:<\/p>\n

- a title page in watercolour, \"Th\u00e9\u00e2tre du Chat Noir<\/em>\"illustrated with a cat and a mouse
\n- a large signed watercolour in colour - 160 x 210 mm - elegant with a hat
\n- in the margins of the programme: 37 black drawings, sometimes in colour, depicting the characters in the plays, the theatre set and Henri Rivi\u00e8re manipulating the \"shadows\".
\n- The Pantomime l'\u00c2ge d'Or<\/em> is illustrated on the text with 3 original black drawings signed by Willette.<\/p>\n

The most desirable copy of this very rare programme.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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A very rare programme of the first real shadow show at the Chat Noir.
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