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1. Philadelphia Theatre. Wednesday Evening, Nov. 10, 1819, Will be performed (third time here) a new Comedy, called Wanted a Wife; Or, a Checque on my Banker. Written by Mr. William Moncrief. Sir Wilful Wildfire, Mr. Francis. ... : After which, a grand Melo-Dramatic Romance, called the Broken Sword. Written by William Diamond, Esq. Author of the Foundling of the Forest, Hunter of the Alps, Conquest of Taranto, &c. &c. The Scenery designed and executed by Messrs. H. Warren, T. Reinagle, and Assistants. the Music by Bishop. The Baron, Mr. Wheatly. ..
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Contributor:
Francis, William, 1756 or 1757-1826 (actor)
Date:
1819
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 box 21A no. 39
2. Philadelphia Theatre. Never Performed Here. Friday Evening, Oct. 29, 1819, Will be presented (for the first time here) a New Comedy, called Wanted a Wife! Or, a Checque on my Banker. Written By Mr. William Moncrief. Sir Wilful Wildfire, Mr. Francis. ... : After Which The Melo-Drama Of Ella Rosenberg. Written by the Author of Raising the Wind, the World, Turn Out, &c. &c. The Elector, Mr. Wheatly. ..
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Contributor:
Francis, William, 1756 or 1757-1826 (actor)
Date:
1819
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 box 21A no. 31
3. New Theatre. Saturday Evening, January 4, 1823, Will be presented the celebrated Tragedy of The Robbers. And now performed from the copy originally performed at this Theatre. Written by Schiller. Maximillian, Count de Moor, Mr. Wheatly. ... : After which, a new Comedy, called The Two Pages Of Frederick the Great. Translated from the French by T. R. Planche, and performed in London with great applause. With New Dresses, &c, Frederick the Great, Mr. H. Wallack. ..
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Contributor:
Planche, T. R. (translator)
Date:
1823
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 box 18 no. 33
4. New Theatre. At the request of many Ladies and Gentlemen, the entertainments will commence with Tom & Jerry. Third Night of Tom & Jerry; And, (For The Second Time Here) a Correct Model of the Treading Mill, Will be presented in the course of the piece, 14 feet long, and 4 feet in diameter, being an exact representation of the original one. Monday Evening, April 28, 1823, Will be presented, (3d time) an Extravaganza Burletta of Fun, Frolic, Fashion and Flash, in 3 acts, called Tom and Jerry, Or Life in London. As performed at the Adelphi Theatre, London, for the unprecedented time of 150 nights, nearly in succession, and at the principal Minor Theatres in England, and now performing in New York, with unexampled applause. Written by W. Moncrief, Esq. author of "Rochester," &c. and dramatized from the celebrated and popular work of the same title, written by Pierce Egan, Esq. With New Scenery, Dresses & Decorations. Scenery by Messrs. H. Warren, J. Jefferson, Renaud & Darley. The Scenery and Dresses are copied from the Plates of the above mentioned work, executed by the celebrated Artists J. B. & Wm Cruckshank. Squire Hawthorn, Mr. Warren. ... : After which, (by particular desire) a new Comedy, called The Two Pages Of Frederick the Great. Translated from the French by T. R. Planche, and performed in London with great applause. Frederick the Great, Mr. H. Wallack. ..
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Contributor:
Planche, T. R. (translator)
Date:
1823
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 box 18 no. 11
5. New Theatre. Mrs. Tatnall's Second Appearance. Saturday Evening, December 21, 1822, Will be presented a celebrated Comedy, in 5 acts, called the Belle's Stratagem. Written by Mrs. Cowley. Doricourt, Mr. Wemyss. ... : After which (Second Time Here) a new Comedy, called The Two Pages Of Frederick the Great. Translated from the French by T. R. Planche, and performed in London with great applause. With New Dresses, &c. &c. Frederick the Great, Mr. H. Wallack. ..
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Contributor:
Tatnall, Sam, Mrs., -1843 (actor); Planche, T. R. (translator)
Date:
1822
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 box 18 no. 27
6. Philadelphia Theatre. Saturday Evening, December 4, 1819, Will be performed, (fourth time here) a new Comedy, called Wanted a Wife! Or, a Checque on my Banker. Written by Mr. William Moncrief. Sir Wilful Wildfire, Mr. Francis. ... : After which, (fourth time here) a new Pathetic Melo Drama, (founded on the Tales of my Landlord) called The Heart of Mid-Lothian; Or, the Lily of St. Leonards. Written by T. Dibdin, and performed upwards of ONe Hundred Nights the last season. With additional New Scenes, Dresses and Decorations. The Scenery designed and executed by Messrs. H. Warren, T. Reinagle and Assistants. John, Duke of Argyle, Mr. Hughes. ..
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Contributor:
Francis, William, 1756 or 1757-1826 (actor)
Date:
1819
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 box 21A no. 48; Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Furness Collection, Print Collection 8 box 21A no. 49
7. Philadelphia Theatre. Second Time Here. Friday Evening, November 5, 1819, Will be presented (second time here) a new Comedy, called Wanted a Wife; Or, A Checque on my Banker. Written by Mr. William Moncrief. Sir Wilful Wildfire, Mr. Francis. ... : After which, (for the only time this season) the Melo-Drama of the Forest of Bondy; Or, the Dog of Montargis. Translated from the French, and performed at the London Theatres with the greatest applause. General Gontram, (Colonel of a Regiment of Guards) Mr. Wheatly. ..
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Contributor:
Francis, William, 1756 or 1757-1826 (actor)
Date:
1819
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 box 21A no. 36; Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Furness Collection, Print Collection 8 box 21A no. 37
8. Philadelphia Theatre. Last Night of performance this season, For the Benefit of Mr. Pullen, Treasurer Of The Theatre. Monday Evening, March 27, 1820, Will be presented the Comedy of the Soldier's Daughter. Governor Heartall, Mr. Warren. ... : After which, a new Melo-Drama, (second time) called The Ruffian Boy. Founded on Mrs. Opie's admired story of that name. Written by W. Moncrief, Esq. Author of Wanted a Wife, &c. &c. and performed in London the last season with great applause. Baron de Waldemar, Mr. Hughes. ..
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Contributor:
Warren, William, 1767-1832 (actor); Desilver, Thomas (printer)
Date:
1820
Language:
English
Publisher:
Thomas Desilver
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 box 21A no. 89
9. Philadelphia Theatre. For the remainder of the Season the Curtain will rise at a quarter past seven o'clock, precisely. First Night of Don Giovanni. Tuesday Evening, April 27, 1824, Will be presented the admired Comedy of The Wonder! A Woman Keeps a Secret. Don Felix, Mr. Wood. ... : After which, (first time here) a new Comic, Heroic, Operatic, Tragic, Pantomimic, Burletta-Spectacular Extravaganza, (in 2 acts) called Don Giovanni; Or, a Spectre on Horseback. With Mozart's Grand Overture. The Music by (and from) Arne, Blow, (Dr.) Carter, Dibdin, Dacy, Etheridge, Fisin, Gluck, Handel, I (had no hand in it) Jarnovichi, Kreutzer, Locke, Mozart, Nicolai, O'Rourk, (the Piper) Purcell, Parry, Querini Reeve, Storace, Shield, Sanderson, T. (Dibdin) Viotti, Woelfl, Ximenes, (not the Cardinal) Yariewitz, Zerbini, &c. The Scenery, (having most of it appeared before) has been (of course) already received with unbounded acclamations of applause. The Dresses are as good as can possibly be afforded; and The Properties are of very little use to any but the Owner. Don Giovanni, Mr. Wallack. ..
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Date:
1824
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 box 21B no. 89
10. New Theatre. The managers respectfully state, that for the better accommodation of the public, the office for the sale of Box Tickets, is now placed within the Vestibule, the nearest door to Sixth Street. Mr. Cooper's Benefit. Monday Evening, January 27, 1823, Will be presented the celebrated Tragedy of Brutus; Or, the Fall of Tarquin. Written by John Howard Payne. Lucius Junius, Mr. Cooper. ... : After which, a new Comedy, called The Two Pages Of Frederick the Great. Translated from the French by T. R. Planche, and performed in London with great appluase. With New Dresses, &c. Frederick the Great, Mr. H. Wallack. ..
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Contributor:
Cooper, Thomas Abthorpe, 1776-1849 (actor); Planche, T. R. (translator)
Date:
1823
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 box 18 no. 47