User:Juliafelius/Galantee show

Galantee Shows are exhibitions that have similarity with Shadow Play, which had lots of success in London at the beginning of 1790 (Victorian era). Most of Galantee Show started as puppets shows that finally converted into shadow and light trick when night appeared.

History
During the first years of XIX century, the "showmen" demand of itinerant magic lanterns (most of them were Italian), was the most common thing in European important cities during the winter months, mainly on Christmas time. The name that was given to this entertainment in England was Galantee Show, which is derived of the foreign pronunciation of "Galante sound". Showmen usually wore a portable organ and his magic box and travelled in pairs. One of them played the organ and the other exhibited the transparencies.

They normally performed in nobility private houses where they were invited to, and the show was represented above some bed sheet or a white smooth surface such as the roof or a wall.