The Playhouse

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The opening scene, a dream sequence prior to the vaudeville routines which follow, is what makes this film famous.

In it Keaton plays everyone in a theatre simultaneously (through multiple exposures).

He is the band leader, all its members, the dancers on the stage and everyone in the audience.

Date : 1921
Cast : Buster Keaton - Audience / Orchestra / Mr.

Brown - First Minstrel / Second Minstrel / Interlocutors / Stagehand
Edward F.

Cline - Orangutan trainer (uncredited)
Virginia Fox - Twin (uncredited)
Joe Roberts - Actor-Stage Manager (uncredited)