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A lamplighter or gaslighter is a person employed to light and maintain street lights. These included candles, oil lamps, and gas lighting.
A lamplighter tasked with cleaning and lighting street lamps in Britain during World War I
The lamplighter in Brest, Belarus (15 October 2011).
Lamplighter in Wrocław's Ostrów Tumski ("Cathedral Island") district, Poland, November 2005.
Lithograph published in The World in Miniature (London, Rudolph Ackermann, 1821–1825)
Mary Poppins Returns
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Mary Poppins Returns is a 2018 American musical fantasy comedy film directed by Rob Marshall, with a screenplay written by David Magee and a story by Magee, Marshall, and John DeLuca. Loosely based on
Lamplighter
…to describe the whistleblower's role as a watchman. In 2018, Jack the Lamplighter, portrayed by Lin-Manuel Miranda, is a character in the film Mary Poppins Returns. He and fellow lamplighters (known in slang as "leeries"), perform the musical number "Trip a Little Light Fantastic." Carl Benedikt Frey. 2019. The…
Dick Van Dyke, who played Bert and Mr. Dawes Sr. in the 1964 film, appears in the film as Mr. Dawes Jr., a role originated by Arthur Malet in the previous film.
Director and co-producer Rob Marshall