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1. Theatre. Friday Evening, January 11, 1822, Will be performed (Sixth time) a new and Historical Tragedy, in 5 acts, called Damon & Pythias; Or, the Test of Friendship. Performed in London and New York with the most distinguished success. With New Dresses and Decorations. Damon, a Senator, Mr. Wood. ... : After which, (for the First Time these 2 years) the favourite grand Musical Romance, called the Forty Thieves. Cassim Baba, the rich brother, Mr. Hathwell. ..

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 21B no. 13

2. Theatre. Mr. Wood's Benefit. Monday Evening, January 14, 1822, Will be presented, a Tragedy, (not acted these 11 years) in 5 acts, (by Joanna Baillie, authoress of a series of Plays, written to delineate the stronger passions of the mind--as Hatred, Love, Ambition, &c.) called De Monfort; Or, the Force of Hatred. Performed with distinguished applause at the Theatres of Drury Lane, New York, Baltimore, &c. De Monfort, Mr. Wood. ... : After which, (for the Second Time) the favourite grand Musical Romance, called the Forty Thieves. Cassim Baba, the rich brother. Mr. Hathwell. ..

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 21B no. 15

3. Philadelphia Theatre. For the remainder of the Season the Curtain will rise at 7 o'clock, precisely. Mr. & Mrs. Duff's Benefit. Tuesday Evening, April 20, 1824, Will be presented, (not acted these 3 years) a favourite Play, called Adrian & Orrilla; Or, a Mother's Vengeance. Written by William Dimond, author of the Foundling of the Forest, &c. &c. Prince of Altenberg, Mr. Wood. ... : After which, the favourite Musical Romance of The Forty Thieves. Cassim Baba, the rich Brother, Mr. Hathwell. ..

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. 85

4. Theatre. The Public are respectfully informed, that the Managers have engaged the appearance of A Living Elephant. Friday Evening, March 22, 1822, Will be presented the admired Comedy of the Follies of a Day; Or, the Marriage of Figaro. Being the Sequel to the Barber of Seville. Written by Beaumarchais, and translated by Mr. Holcroft, author of the Road to Ruin, &c. Count Almaviva, Mr. Wood. ... : After which the favourite grand Musical Romance, called the Forty Thieves. In the course of which will appear A Living Elephant, (The largest Animal of the kind ever exhibited in America) superbly caparisoned, with Riders, &c. in the Asiatic Style. Cassim Baba, the rich brother, Mr. Hathwell. ..

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 21B no. 26