Lil Picard Lil Picard Lil Picard, (born Lilli Elisabeth Benedick October 4, 1899 – May 10, 1994) was a cabaret actress, artist and critic born in Landau, Germany in 1899, who took part in several generations of Counterculture and Avant-garde art in Berlin and in New York City. Lil Picard was born Lilli Elisabeth Benedick October 4, 1899 in Landau, Germany. She was the only child of Jakob, a wine producer and merchant, and Rosalie Benedick. She spent her childhood and adolescence in Strasbourg, Germany, which is now in France. Seeking solace from her parents, Lil found meaning in books. Westermann's "Monashefte"
Parade (French street entertainment) the Boulevard du Temple. The characters were often drawn from the "commedia dell'arte" tradition. According to M. Elizabeth C. Bartlet "the humour was of the crudest sort, relying on sexual innuendos or even explicit remarks and actions, obscene gestures and references to defecation and other bodily functions." The "parades" strongly influenced the 18th-century genre of "comédie-parade", a type of play or "opéra-comique", usually in one act, which also used characters from the "commedia dell'arte". These pieces were a bit more refined and polite, at least when presented in public theatres. Parade (French street entertainment) A parade is a type of