Today is the birthday of The Great Lafayette (Siegmund Neuberger, 1872-1911) one of vaudeville’s few literal martyrs. He moved to the U.S. from his native Munich at age 19 and began his career as one of the many imitators of Ching Ling Foo. His early act had elements of Grand Giugnol (his sawing a woman in [...]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:10AM on February 24, 2012