Evans and Sontag:
The Visalia Bandits
In 1893, R.C. White's production of Evans and Sontag: The Visalia Bandits opened at the National Theatre in San Francisco. After playing to packed houses for several weeks, the play toured California and the West.
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This original 1893 color lithograph poster is from the Bob Lilley Collection at the Tulare County Museum, Visalia, California.
Photos below and to the right from the COS production at the Fox Theatre courtesty of www.eshomvalley.com.
Chis Evans and John Sontag hiding out in the mountains.
Wily Smooth and the posse search for Evans and Sontag in the mountains.
Eva Evans on her steed.
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In November 2002, the Evans and Sontag Project, in association with the College of the Sequoias, presented Evans and Sontag: The Visalia Bandits at the historic Fox Theatre in downtown Visalia, California.
Eva Evans and the dreaded Wily Smooth.
Chris Evans and John Sontag as they were pursued by a posse in the mountains.
Eva Evans and John Sontag
Eva and Molly Evans reading a letter from Chris.
John is severly wounded at Stone Corral. Chris is also badly shot. |
