Walnut Street Theatre. Philadelphia, May 14, 1870. Last Night Of the Brilliant Engagement of the Great and World-Renowned Comedians, Mr. And Mrs. Barney Williams Three Glorious Pieces: All Hallow-Eve, In And Out of Place, Mrs. Williams in Six Characters With the Screaming Farce of The Irish Tiger, Saturday Evening, May 14th, 1870, The performance will commence at eight o'clock, with Overture, "Ireland," Hassler, After which will be produced an Original Drama written expressly for Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams, entitled All Hallow-Eve Or, Snap-Apple Night. "Over my shoulder the rape-seed I throw, And my husband will follow me whither I go." Rody O'Connor, Foster Brother to Alice Dalton, with Song and Chorus, Mr. Barney Williams ... : To be followed by the Ever-laughable Protean Farce, called In And Out Of Place. In which Mrs. Barney Williams sustains Six Characters! As performed by her in the principal Theatres in the United States, and at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London, with the most deafening applause from overflowing audiences. Letty duster, a Stage-struck Chambermaid, in want of a place, Mrs. Barney Williams ... To conclude with the Side-splitting Farce of The Irish Tiger, Paddy Ryan, Mr. Barney Williams ..

Alternate Title:

All Hallow-Eve Or, Snap-Apple Night; All Hallow-Eve; Snap-Apple Night; In And Out Of Place; Irish Tiger

Name:

Walnut Street Theatre (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Date:

1870

Language:

English

Provenance:

Furness, Horace Howard, 1865-1930 (donor) (Print Collection 8 copy); Furness, Louise Brooks Winsor (donor) (Print Collection 8 copy)

Publisher:

[Publisher not identified]

Subject:

Walnut Street Theatre (Philadelphia, Pa.); Johnson, Samuel D., 1813-1863. In and out of place; Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891. Irish tiger; 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); 22.8 x 14 cm

Geographic Subject:

Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia

Related Place:

United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.

Rights:

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

Notes:

Printed area measures 21.5 x 12.8 cm.; Performance date: May 14, 1870.; Print Collection 8 copy has Library of the University of Pennsylvania bookplate which reads "The Horace Howard Furness Memorial donated by Horace Howard Furness, Jr. and Louise Brooks Winsor Furness."; Print Collection 8 copy is v. 11 no. 269 in a collection of playbills bound together.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Furness Collection, Print Collection 8 v. 11 no. 269

Collection:

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