Philadelphia Theatre. The Doors open at half past 5, and the Curtain rises at half past 6 o'clock. Mr. Booth's First Night. The public is respectfully informed that Mr. Booth is engaged for Six Nights, and will appear on Monday Evening, February 16, 1824, In the Tragedy of Richard the Third. Richard, Duke of Gloster, Mr. Booth. ... : After which, a Musical Drama, called the Hunter of the Alps. Written by William Dimond, Esq. Felix, Mr. Wood. ..

Alternate Title:

Richard the Third; Hunter of the Alps

Name:

Chestnut Street Theatre (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Date:

1824

Language:

English

Publisher:

[Publisher not identified]

Subject:

Chestnut Street Theatre (Philadelphia, Pa.); Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Richard III.; Dimond, William, active 1800-1830. Hunter of the Alps; 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); 33.5 x 18.1 cm

Geographic Subject:

Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia

Related Place:

United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.

Rights:

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

Notes:

Printed area measures 26 x 15.1 cm.; Performance date: February 16, 1824.; Print Collection 8 copy is box 21B no. 70 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. 70

Collection:

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