Roll up, roll up . . .

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Title: Roll up, roll up . . .
Authors: Barclay, Andy
Source: Irish Times. 05/14/2005.
Abstract: Playbills: The playbill's the thing here. Ricky Jay, a sleight-of-hand artist, Hollywood actor, collector of the ephemera of the theatrically outrageous, presents 73 bills, or broadsides, of the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries - 47 of them English - and revels in the sensational, scientific, silly and startling attractions on display.
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Abstract:Playbills: The playbill's the thing here. Ricky Jay, a sleight-of-hand artist, Hollywood actor, collector of the ephemera of the theatrically outrageous, presents 73 bills, or broadsides, of the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries - 47 of them English - and revels in the sensational, scientific, silly and startling attractions on display.