The two men were contemporaries, Baum born in 1856 and Mansfield in 1857. Mansfield began his career performing Gilbert & Sullivan roles with the D'oyly Carte Opera Company. He gained renown for his role as the title character(s) in Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde, and became a highly praised Shakespearean actor.
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Monday, December 2, 2013
Blown Away
The two men were contemporaries, Baum born in 1856 and Mansfield in 1857. Mansfield began his career performing Gilbert & Sullivan roles with the D'oyly Carte Opera Company. He gained renown for his role as the title character(s) in Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde, and became a highly praised Shakespearean actor.
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Very cool. That cover is gorgeous! Shame that it sounds like the text didn't impress you as much.
Interesting. Is that Noah's Ark in the background of the front board?
Thanks for pointing this out! I think Rebecca Loncraine's Baum biography mentions the motif of travel by cyclone was in the air (so to speak) at the turn of the 20th century, but I don't have her text at hand right now.
Yes, that is Noah's Ark - one of the characters they meet is Mr Noah, of the wooden toy variety, and his animals perform for the girls.
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