The Chinese Honeymoon

[Tom Murphy]

We've been here before... but once again I am going to point you to "Tattered and Lost". This blog continues to grab my attention.

Today I was looking at their posting on "The Chinese Honeymoon". Given that I lived in China for some 14 years, it caught my attention.

I had of course never heard that specific term, although honeymoons in China are not unlike honeymoons anywhere else in the world.. i.e. "a traditional holiday taken by newlyweds to celebrate their marriage in intimacy and seclusion"

In this case however I learned that A Chinese Honeymoon was a musical comedy back in the 1800s in England. It eventually made it to New York at the famed Shubert "Casino Theatre" (sorry, it was demolished in 1930) on Broadway.

Tattered points out that

According to the front of this card this production in the US was "Sam S. Shubert's Oriental Musical Comedy. Only successful Musical Treat America has witnessed in three years."

Leave it to Tattered and Lost to find and research interesting Ephemera. If you are not following him (or her) you are missing out.

I'm Tom Murphy and thanks for helping me give Ephemera the encore it deserves.

Tom

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[Dave Dubé]

Tom,

Thanks for the tip on Tattered and Lost! I just added them to my list of blogs that I follow.