MARIEDL, Selfies with a Giantess
The Butterfly Club
Melbourne
The Butterfly Club,
5 Carson Place
Melbourne, VIC 3000 Australia
Melbourne, VIC 3000 Australia
Date
28 Nov –
02 Dec
About the Show
Maria Fassnauer, known as ‘Mariedl, the Tyrolean Giantess’ was born 1879 to an extremely poor farming family in Tyrol, Austria, and died there 38 years later. But those simple dates bookend an extraordinary life. Her fame spread from the small village out into the wider world. Inevitably people came calling, including a man who was to become her manager. Together with her sister Rosa, she spent six years crossing Europe to be exhibited in theatres. Including at the World Fair in Brussels, in many a German panoptikum. She then crossed to England where she spent a year at the Hippodromes in London and Manchester. It was here that Clive Darril from Wagga Wagga, Australia, caught up with her. Clive made his infamous marriage proposal in front of the press, which she turned down. She had sponsorship deals, met royalty, made a huge sum of money which she gave to her parents and a variety of charities. Behind it all was a shy religious woman who had to work hard, standing for hours in position and then selling postcards of herself.
MARIEDL, Selfies with a Giantess closes 2 December.
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Maria Fassnauer, known as ‘Mariedl, the Tyrolean Giantess’ was born 1879 to an extremely poor farming family in Tyrol, Austria, and died there 38 years later. But those simple dates bookend an extraordinary life. Her fame spread from the small village out into the wider world. Inevitably people came calling, including a man who was to become her manager. Together with her sister Rosa, she spent six years crossing Europe to be exhibited in theatres. Including at the World Fair in Brussels, in many a German panoptikum. She then crossed to England where she spent a year at the Hippodromes in London and Manchester. It was here that Clive Darril from Wagga Wagga, Australia, caught up with her. Clive made his infamous marriage proposal in front of the press, which she turned down. She had sponsorship deals, met royalty, made a huge sum of money which she gave to her parents and a variety of charities. Behind it all was a shy religious woman who had to work hard, standing for hours in position and then selling postcards of herself.
MARIEDL, Selfies with a Giantess closes 2 December.
Date
November 28, 2023
December 2, 2023
About the Show
Maria Fassnauer, known as ‘Mariedl, the Tyrolean Giantess’ was born 1879 to an extremely poor farming family in Tyrol, Austria, and died there 38 years later. But those simple dates bookend an extraordinary life. Her fame spread from the small village out into the wider world. Inevitably people came calling, including a man who was to become her manager. Together with her sister Rosa, she spent six years crossing Europe to be exhibited in theatres. Including at the World Fair in Brussels, in many a German panoptikum. She then crossed to England where she spent a year at the Hippodromes in London and Manchester. It was here that Clive Darril from Wagga Wagga, Australia, caught up with her. Clive made his infamous marriage proposal in front of the press, which she turned down. She had sponsorship deals, met royalty, made a huge sum of money which she gave to her parents and a variety of charities. Behind it all was a shy religious woman who had to work hard, standing for hours in position and then selling postcards of herself.
MARIEDL, Selfies with a Giantess closes 2 December.
Read More
Maria Fassnauer, known as ‘Mariedl, the Tyrolean Giantess’ was born 1879 to an extremely poor farming family in Tyrol, Austria, and died there 38 years later. But those simple dates bookend an extraordinary life. Her fame spread from the small village out into the wider world. Inevitably people came calling, including a man who was to become her manager. Together with her sister Rosa, she spent six years crossing Europe to be exhibited in theatres. Including at the World Fair in Brussels, in many a German panoptikum. She then crossed to England where she spent a year at the Hippodromes in London and Manchester. It was here that Clive Darril from Wagga Wagga, Australia, caught up with her. Clive made his infamous marriage proposal in front of the press, which she turned down. She had sponsorship deals, met royalty, made a huge sum of money which she gave to her parents and a variety of charities. Behind it all was a shy religious woman who had to work hard, standing for hours in position and then selling postcards of herself.
MARIEDL, Selfies with a Giantess closes 2 December.
Date
November 28, 2023
December 2, 2023
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