Philadelphia Theatre. Mr. Jefferson's Benefit. Monday Evening, Feb. 28, 1820, Will be presented an Historical Play, (not acted these four years) interspersed with Music, called the Battle of Hexham; Or, Days of Old. Written by George Colman, Esq. Montague, Mr. Wheatly. ... : After The Play, A Hornpipe by Mrs. H. Wallack. A Hunting Song by Mrs. Burke. Oh! Cruel; Or, the Wandering Melodists: Female Ballad Singer, Mr. Jefferson. Fidler, Mr. Blissett. After which, second time, a new petite Comedy, (Translated from the French) called A Short Reign, ..

Alternate Title:

Battle of Hexham, or, Days of Old; Battle of Hexham; Days of Old

Contributor:

Jefferson, Thomas, -1824 (actor); Wallack, Henry John, Mrs., -1845 (actor)

Name:

Chestnut Street Theatre (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Date:

1820

Language:

English

Publisher:

[Publisher not identified]

Subject:

Chestnut Street Theatre (Philadelphia, Pa.); Colman, George, 1762-1836. Battle of Hexham; 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); 28.2 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 26 x 13.8 cm.; Performance date: February 28, 1820.; Print Collection 8 copy is box 21A no. 83 in a collection of playbills housed together.; Print Collection 8 copy imperfect: torn at bottom, with significant loss of text.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Furness Collection, Print Collection 8 box 21A no. 83

Collection:

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