KIRALFY (Imre, 1845-1919, one of the Kiralfy Brothers who highly influential Burlesque and Spectacle producers in Europe and the United States)

Fine Autograph Letter Signed to Brough saying that he is “on the eve of promoting the syndicate for the Land at Shepherds Bush and shall not be able to leave London until it is done. I am in hope of completing this before the end of the month after which I shall only be to glad to get away for a little rest. Would you like to be in the Syndicate, if so I will tell you all about it at my office...”, 1 side 8vo., Tower House, Cromwell Road, 5th June

The Kiralfy Brothers, Imre and Bolossy (1848–1932), were the eldest of seven siblings born in the 1840s in Pest during the Hungarian Revolution, in which their father, Jacob Königsbaum, was ruined. When they were young children, Imre and Bolossy began to teach themselves to dance. They continued for years until their father caught them and promptly enrolled them in dance classes. Soon, they were dancing at large venues such as the Hungarian Circus. There the brothers first performed under the name "Kiralfy"; the boys' father changed their name to prevent them from being recognised as the sons of a revolutionary.

Item Date:  1905225

Stock No:  42040      £175

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