Gilbert's book of pantomimes, acting charades, parlor theatricals, and tableaux ... Illustrated with numerous fine engravings, showing exactly how everything should be done
Gilbert's Book of Pantomimes, published in New York by Hurst in 1878 and compiled by Henry T. Williams, is a parlour entertainment manual for amateur performers putting on charades, tableaux and shadow shows at home. The pictures are crisp black silhouettes of comic figures mid-action, showing a designer how to build gesture, exaggerated posture and readable outline in a stage-like scene.
