Reed, Edward Tennyson. Celebrities out of their element

Folger bibliographic ID: 353072
Folger call number: Sh.Misc. 2304, page 31
Folger holdings ID: 501564
Accession Number: 269819

Cartoon of the comic actor H.G. Pélissier playing Puck. He is portrayed as notably overweight, wearing a leotard with a wispy skirt and wings, with a large chain hooked on his waistband for a flying harness. A large prop toadstool is set up on the stage in the foreground. Five speech bubbles from "offstage" comment on the precarity of the set and theatre rigging. A speech bubble from Pélissier comments "Here have I been swinging about for half an hour trying to 'settle lightly' on that beastly toadstool!!" Image is initialled ETR in the lower right corner

General notes

Caricature of H.G. Pélissier by Edward Tennyson Reed, published on page 31 of the January 11, 1911 issue of Punch. Caption title: "Celebrities out of their element.--III." Caption dialogue: "Mr. Pélissier plays Puck. The scene at the rehearsals was of the most animated description. The effect of the strain on the external structure of the theatre was watched daily by large and excited crowds." "Celebrities out of their element" cartoons were a recurring theme in several Punch issues of 1911 Pélissier does not appear to have ever played Puck on stage

Extended title: Celebrities out of their element III

Pélissier, H. G. Puck (Legendary character) Overweight persons

artist: Reed, Edward Tennyson, 1860-1933
depiction: Pélissier, H. G.
depiction: Puck (Legendary character)
publisher: Bradbury, Agnew and Co.