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Two men and two women in the comedy satire, “The Dancing Missionary.” Scene a jungle, on a cannibal island. Missionary finds the tribe is presided overby [sic] a white woman as queen. The cannibals intend to kill the missionary when the queen saves him. He gets in to her favor by dancing. His dances also win the cannibals and the act closes with the missionary, queen and cannibals all dancing together. Terry’s dancing is the only feature of the act. F.S. special scenery, 17 min in one 3 min. time of act 20 min.
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University of Iowa, Keith Albee Vaudeville Collection, Manager Reports, 9 September 1912 – 24 February 1913.