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turnofthecentury: Lydia Thompson and Willie Edouin in Robinson Crusoe, c.1870 I love nineteenth-century burlesques — one of my favorites is Evangeline — and Lydia Thompson (with her British Blondes) is often credited as America’s first introduction to the form.  These transgendered performances (Thompson is, of course, playing Crusoe) offered actresses a putative reason to bare their legs in stockings and short skirts.

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Lydia Thompson and Willie Edouin in Robinson Crusoe, c.1870

I love nineteenth-century burlesques — one of my favorites is Evangeline — and Lydia Thompson (with her British Blondes) is often credited as America’s first introduction to the form.  These transgendered performances (Thompson is, of course, playing Crusoe) offered actresses a putative reason to bare their legs in stockings and short skirts.

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