Theatre. The doors will be opened, in future, at a quarter past 5 o'clock, and the curtain will rise at a quarter past 6, precisely. Mr. Pelby's Fourth Night. Friday Evening. December 7, 1821. Will be presented the celebrated Tragedy of Hamlet; Prince of Denmark. Hamlet, Mr. Pelby. ... : After which will be added, the favourite Comic Opera of The Romp. Watty Cockney, Mr. Burke. ..

Alternate Title:

Hamlet; Prince of Denmark; Romp

Contributor:

Pelby, William, 1793-1850 (actor)

Name:

Walnut Street Theatre (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Date:

1821

Language:

English

Publisher:

[Publisher not identified]

Subject:

Chestnut Street Theatre (Philadelphia, Pa.); Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Hamlet; Bickerstaff, Isaac, 1735-1812. Romp; 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); 25.6 x 16.5 cm

Geographic Subject:

Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia

Related Place:

United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.

Rights:

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

Notes:

Printed area measures 25.1 x 15.3 cm.; Performance date: December 7, 1821.; The Chestnut Street Theatre was destroyed by fire on April 2, 1820. While the theater was being reconstructed, the players performed at the Walnut Street Theatre.; Print Collection 8 copy is box 21A no. 91 in a collection of playbills housed together.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Furness Collection, Print Collection 8 box 21A no. 91

Collection:

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