Here is a fascinating party idea that needs to be revived. The dinner of souls was once a trend among the Paris elite where each party goer would take on the role of someone famous and dead.
A Dinner of Souls
The latest fad in Paris is dinners of the souls. Each guest impersonates some celebrity not only in costume, but by speech and manner, by accent and by repeating celebrated quotations, provided they fit the occasion. This sort of entertainment can only be appreciated by people of intellectual pretensions. It requires some study and a general knowledge to make it a success.
Source (1904, July 15). A dinner of souls. The Rice Belt Journal, p. 7.
