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1. Walnut Street Theatre. Philadelphia, November 26, 1869. Positively the Last Night of the Brilliant Engagement of Mr. Edwin Forrest, Who will appear in Dr. Bird's Tragedy, of the Gladiator. Spartacus, Mr. Edwin Forrest, Senona, Miss Lillie, Pharsarius, Mr. Wm. Harris. Visitors are requested to remain seated till the close of the Play, as the noise occasioned by the impatient few, mars the pleasure of the more intellectual portion of the audience, that wish to witness the completion of the performance. Friday Evening, Nov. 26th, 1869, The performance will commence at 1/4 to 8 o'clk, with Overture-"Stradella," Flotow, After which will be performed the celebrated Tragedy, in Five Acts, by the late Dr. Robt. Montgomery Bird, expressly for Mr. Forrest, entitled the Gladiator, Spartacus, a Thracian, Edwin Forrest ..

Contributor:: Forrest, Edwin, 1806-1872 (actor)
Date:: 1869
Language:: English
Publisher:: [Publisher not identified]
Collection:: Playbill and Program Collection (University of Pennsylvania); Philadelphia Theater Collection (University of Pennsylvania); Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)
Physical Location:: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Furness Collection, Print Collection 8 v. 11 no. 99