Monsieur Mazurier Cooke, 1820 The Victoria & Albert Museum |
Last week, we looked at an image of the celebrated Monsieur Mazurier as Mr.
Punch. Here’s another. This engraving is entitled simply, “Monsieur
Mazurier.”
It
was published in Paris possibly in the 1820's. The illustration portrays Mazurier in a theatrical stance wearing a Punchinello
costume. A puppet figure of Mr. Punch can be seen in the background in the same
stance.
Engraved by one “C. Motte,” further inscriptions include:
Mr. Mazurier./ Dans le Rôle
de Polichinel Vampire/ Theatre de la porte St. Martin' Mr Mazurier/ in the
title role in Polichinelle Vampire/ St. Martin Theatre.Engraved by one “C. Motte,” further inscriptions include:
So who is this fellow? Monsieur Charles-François Mazurier performed in “Punchinelle Vampire” as well as in “Jacko, The Brazilian Monkey.” Both plays were written by Jean-Baptiste Blache, in Paris and London in the 1820s. In November 1825 Mazurier performed at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, in “Punchinelle Vampire” which was translated as “The Shipwreck of Policinello.” Playbills for the Covent Garden performances are also housed in the V&A.
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