Philadelphia Theatre. The Doors open at a quarter before 6, and the Curtain rises at a quarter before 7 o'clock, precisely. Mrs. Burke's Benefit. Monday Evening, March 22, 1824, Will be presented, (not acted these 4 years) a Romantic Play, in 5 acts, called The Aethiop; Or, the Child of the Desert. Written by William Dimond, Esq. Author of the Foundling of the Forest, Adrian and Orrilla, &c. The Aethiop, Mr. Duff. ... : After which, a favourite Farce, called The Farmer. Colonel Dormant, Mr. Hathwell. ..

Alternate Title:

Aethiop; Or, the Child of the Desert; Aethiop; Child of the Desert; Farmer

Name:

Chestnut Street Theatre (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Date:

1824

Language:

English

Publisher:

[Publisher not identified]

Subject:

Chestnut Street Theatre (Philadelphia, Pa.); Dimond, William, active 1800-1830. Aethiop; O'Keeffe, John, 1747-1833. Farmer; Shield, William, 1748-1829. Farmer; Playbills -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Specimens; Theaters -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia; Theaters; Playbills

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Specimens; Broadsides; Playbills; Castlists

Physical Description:

1 sheet (1 unnumbered page); 42.4 x 16.7 cm

Geographic Subject:

Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia

Related Place:

United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Printed area measures 42 x 15.4 cm.; Performance date: March 22, 1824.; Print Collection 8 copy imperfect: torn at bottom, with some loss of text.; Print Collection 8 copy is box 21B no. 78 in a collection of playbills housed together.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Furness Collection, Print Collection 8 box 21B no. 78

Collection:

Playbill and Program Collection (University of Pennsylvania); Philadelphia Theater Collection (University of Pennsylvania); Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)