 Silhouettes could be moved across the screen on runners within the frame.Along with d'Ache's "L’Epopee", Rivière's own works "Le Temptation de Saint Antoine" (1887) and "La Marche a L'etoile" (1890), were the most successful and popular.Rivière's shadow theatre was the cabaret's greatest attraction and "played a crucial role in establishing the credibility of the cabaret with that other tier of the avant-garde, the Impressionists/Post Impressionists