He told her that they were mandoline singers belonging to a troupe of Neapolitans, whose manager had thrown them over, and they were now in search of an engagement.
"The Song of Songs"
Hermann Sudermann
Her "Liliputian troupe" scored a big success in Dublin and the provinces.
"Superwomen"
Albert Payson Terhune
I took it for granted that since they call it a dance, it would be something similar to the kind of dance by the Fujita troupe, but I was greatly mistaken.
"Botchan (Master Darling)"
Mr. Kin-nosuke Natsume, trans. by Yasotaro Morri