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41. City Museum, Fifth And Callowhill Streets. Lessees, Messrs. Sherzer & Zulich; Stage Manager, Mr. Lewis Baker; Fifteenth Night of the American Tragedian and Comedian, Mr. J. E. Murdoch, Unequivocal Success Of the Grand Historical Romantic Tragedy, by Geo. H. Miles, of Baltimore, written expressly for Mr. Murdoch, and which has been some weeks in preparation, called De Soto, The Hero of the Mississippi, Which will be presented with New and Beautiful Scenery, by Mr. Glessing, New and Appropriate Dresses, Appointments, &c. First Time in this city of the last New Comedy, now playing in London and New York with Great Success, called the Little Treasure, Mrs. Alexina Fisher Baker As Gertrude, the Little Treasure, and also as Ulah, in the Tragedy. On Wednesday Evening, Dec. 5, 1855, The performance will commence with the American Tragedy, in 5 Acts and 6 Tableaux, called De Soto The Hero of the Mississippi. De Soto, Commander of the Expedition against the Floridas, Mr. J. E. Murdoch ... : To conclude with the last New Comedy, in 2 Acts, just received from London, called the Little Treasure, Gertrude, Daughter of Sir Charles and Lady Howard, Mrs. Alexina Fisher Baker ..
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Date:
1855
Language:
English
Publisher:
Brown's Steam-Power Job Printing Office, Ledger Buildings, Philad'a
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 oversize no. 8
42. Walnut Street Theatre. Philadelphia, April 23, 1870. Last Night Of The Emerald Ring, The Great and World-Renowned Comedians and Original Impersonators of Irish and Yankee Life, Mr. And Mrs. Barney Williams, Will appear, for the Last Time, in the Great Sensational Irish Darma, Written expressly for Mr. and Mrs. Williams, by John Brougham, Esq., entitled The Emerald Ring, Received Nightly by Large and Brilliant Audiences with Enthusiastic Applause. Saturday Evening, April 23d, 1870, The performance will commence at eight o'clock, with Overture--To Emerald Ring, Withers, After which the successful Romantic Irish Drama, consisting of a Prologue and 3 Acts, entitled the Emerald Ring, The Piece produced with Beautiful Scenery, by G. Heilge; Machinery and Novel Mechanical Effects, etc. by Arthur Wright; Appointments, by E. Wood; Music, by Wm. Withers. Mike Macarty, Mr. Barney Williams ..
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Date:
1870
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. 249
43. Philadelphia Theatre. The Doors open at half past 5, and the Curtain rise at half past 6 o'clock. Mr. Pearman's Ninth Night. Friday Evening, February 6, 1824, Will be presented a Comic Opera, called Brother and Sister. Translated from the French by William Dimond, Author of the Foundling of the Forest, Conquest of Taranto, Adrian & Orilla, &c. &c. and performed in London and New York with the greatest applause. The Music by Mr. Bishop. Don Sylvio de Flores, Mr. Pearman, in which he will sing 'Love's Young Dream,' From Irish Melodies. 'Is there a Heart that never Lov'd,' By Braham--And 'List to the Lay of Love.' Composed expressly for him by J. Hodgson. Don Christoval de Tormes, Mr. Jefferson. ... : After which, (By Desire) a Farce, in 2 acts, called Mr. H; Or, Beware of a Bad Name. Mr. H. Mr. Wood. ... The whole to conclude with the favourite Opera of Paul & Virginia. Founded on the well known story by the celebrated St. Pierre. Paul, Mr. Pearman, in which Character he will sing 'Be mine dear maid,' By Bishop. Recitative--'Boldly I come.' 'The Wealth of the Cottage,' By Reeve--and the Duett of 'See From Ocean Rising.' Don Antonio, Mr. Hathwell. ..
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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. 63
44. Walnut Street Theatre. Philadelphia, December 3, 1869. The Great Dramatization of Mrs. H. B. Stowe's World-Famed Novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin in six acts and tableaux. The intense power and exquisite pathos of which have secured for it a success unequaled in American dramatic annals, and invested it in the popular regard, with Perennial Beauty and Freshness. Friday Evening, December 3d, 1869. The performance will commence at 1/4 to 8 o'clk, with Overture-"Uncle Tom," Hassler, After which the great Drama, in 6 Acts, entitled Uncle Tom's Cabin: or, Life Among the Lowly. Uncle Tom, W. H. Bailey ..
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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. 106
45. New Theatre. Mr. Mathews' Fourth Night. Saturday Evening, March 1, 1823, Will be presented George Colman, Jr's Comedy, in 5 acts, called Who wants a Guinea? Or, the Yorkshire Irishman. Solomon Gundy, Mr. Mathews, in which character he will introduce the Comic Song of 'The Royal Visiters.' Mr. Torrent, Mr. Warren. ... : After which, (first time) a much admired Entertainment, in one act, called the Actor of all Work. Velinspec, (Manager of a Country Theatre) Mr. Burke. ..
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Contributor:
Mathews, Charles, 1776-1835 (actor)
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. 66
46. Philadelphia Theatre. For the remainder of the Season the Curtain will rise at a quarter past seven o'clock, precisely. Mr. Conway's Fifth and Last Night of his Engagement. Saturday Evening, May 1, 1824, Will be presented a Comedy, called Rule a Wife and have a Wife. Leon, Mr. Conway. ... : After Which, The Farce Of The Two Pages of Frederick the Great. Frederick the Great, Mr. Wallack. ..
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Contributor:
Conway, William Augustus, 1789-1828 (actor)
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 21A no. 136
47. Theatre. Anniversary Of The Birth Of The Illustrious Washington. Friday Evening, February 22, 1822, Will be performed, a new Historical and National Play, (for the first time,) called Marion; Or, the Hero of Lake George. Written by M. M. Noah, Esq. author of "She Would be a Soldier," "Usef Caramalli," &c. &c. Marion, (a Captain of American Volunteers) Mr. H. Wallack. ... : To which will be added the Patriotic Drama of Sigesmar the Switzer; Or the Helvetian Patriots. Written by C. E. Walker, and performed in London with great applause. Sigesmar, a Swiss noble, Mr. H. Wallack. ..
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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. 23
48. Philadelphia Theatre. Wednesday Evening, Dec. 1, 1819, Will be presented the celebrated Comedy of the Merry Wives of Windsor. Written By Shakspeare. Sir John Falstaff, Mr. Warren. ... : After which, first time this season, the favourite Melo-Drama, called A Tale of Mystery. Count Romaldi, Mr. H. Wallack. ..
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Contributor:
Warren, William, 1767-1832 (actor); Wallack, Henry John, 1790-1870 (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. 46
49. Chestnut St. Theatre. Nixon & Zimmerman, Proprietors and Managers; S. M. Heilburn, Business Manager. Overture, Galathea by Suppe, under the direction of H. Wannemacher. Henry E. Dixey, Suported by the Efficient Organization, Rice & Dixey's Big Burlesque Co. Edward E. Rice, Manager. After their brilliantly successful engagements covering 619 Perfo rmances in New York. 97 Nights at the Hollis St. Theatre, Boston. 100 Nights at the Gairty Theatre, London. In Messrs. Gill & Dixey's fascinating Grotesque Nightmare in Two Acts, entitled Adonis. With Original and Selected Music, and the Following Great Cast Of Characters: Adonis, An accomplished young gentleman, of undeniably good family, in as much as he can trace his ancestry back through the Genozoic, Msezoic, and Palaeozoic period, until he finds it resting on the Archaean Time. His family name, by the way, is "Marble", Mr. Henry E. Dixey ..
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Contributor:
Dixey, Henry E., 1859-1943 (actor); Rice, Edward E. (Edward Everett), 1848-1924 (manager); Charter, William R. (printer)
Date:
1887
Language:
English
Publisher:
The Charter, Printing House, 908 Filbert St
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. 95
50. Theatre. Mr. Philipps's Last Night but Two. A New Melo-Dramatic Opera, Never Performed in America. Monday Evening, March 25, 1822, Will be presented a new Operatic Romance, called the Russian Impostor; Or, the Siege of Smolensko. Performed at the Theatre Royal, English Opera, with unbounded applause. Written By Henry Siddons, Esq. With New Scenery, Dresses and Decorations. The Music and Overture composed and selected from the Russian and Italian by Mr. Addison, of the Italian Opera House, London. Risberg, Colonel of Hussars, Mr. Philipps, ... : After Which The Farce Of The Ghost; Or, the Affrighted Farmer. Sir Jeffery Constant, Mr. Hathwell. ..
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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. 27