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Quattro dialoghi in materia di rappresentazioni sceniche (Four Dialogues on the Art of the Stage)
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Interlocutors: Massimiano, Santino, and VeridicoSantino:What, does it seem to you, is a comedy, who was its first author, what is its purpose, is it rendered in verse or in…

Contributor:

Judah Sommo

Places:

Mantua, Duchy of Mantua (Mantova, Italy)

Date:

ca. 1565

Subjects:

Performing arts, Writing, Humor, Poets, Bible

Categories:

Performing Arts, Theater/Drama, Literature
The History of Borsszem Janko (Johnny Peppercorn)
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Cartoon in the satirical weekly Borsszem Jankó, depicting the first generation of Borsszem Janko’s writers and illustrators at Kávéforrás (the Coffee Fountain) on Fürdő Street in Budapest, Hungary.

Date:

1887

Subjects:

Humor, Writing, Cities, Class, Artists

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Journalism
Print of men sitting around a table in room with central column.
The History of Borsszem Janko (Johnny Peppercorn)
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I was lying in bed sick when, on January 5th, 1868, the first issue came out. Understandably, the party line and the competition tried to alienate from me János Jankó, the illustrator of the…

Contributor:

Adolf Ágai

Places:

Budapest, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Budapest, Hungary)

Date:

1887

Subjects:

Humor, Politics, Artists, Satire, Writing

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Journalism
Print of men sitting around a table in room with central column.