Piff! Paff!! Pouf!!!; A Musical Cocktail
New York: Sam S. and Lee Shubert, 1904. First edition. Stapled soft cover. [24]p, many ills. in the many ads but no pictures of the play. The ads feature products of interest to theater folk--champagne, sheet music, player pianos, corsets, restaurants, hotels, beauty treatments, cosmetics, millinery, etc. etc. With a list of what was playing at or coming to other Shubert theaters. Cover wear, as shown; internally overall very good. Ca. 8 x 10 inches. Fair. Item #30744
Program from the Casino theater (a Shubert house), at Broadway and 39th Street. Produced by Fred C. Whitney, Piff! Paff!! Pouff!! played there throughout 1904. It opened on April 2; this is the program for the week of April 4. Leads were Thomas Q. Seabrooke and Alice Fischer; lead comedian was Eddie Foy. The musical numbers included "M.A.C.A.R.O.N.I.," "Under the Goo-Goo Tree," "Since Little Dolly Dimples Made a Hit," and "Radium Dance," with luminous costumes and jump ropes. The title comes from the French term for a volley of shot.
Price: $40.00