National Theatre, Walnut Street, Above Eighth. Dress Circle and Parquet, 50 Cents, Family Circle, 25 ", Seats in Private Box, $1.00, Orchestra Chairs, 75 Cents, Doors open at 7. To commence at quarter before 8 o'clock. Box Office open from 10 to 4 o'clock, when Seats can be Secured. Sole Lessee, Wm. E. Burton, Proprietor and Manager of Bnrton's Theatre, Broadway, N. Y., and Lessee of the Front St. Theatre, Baltimore. Stage Manager, Mr. H. Watkins, Second Night of the Engagement of the Distinguished Tragedian and Comedian, Mr. J. E. Murdoch, On which occasion he will appear in his Justly Admired Impersonation of the Philosophic Prince Of Denmark, In the Most Sublime of all the Immortal Bard's Creations In the portrayal of this most exquisitely drawn Character--Hamlet--with all its subtlety of Reasoning--acute Philosophy--keen and piercing Sarcasm--Capriciousness of Purpose, and the Werkings of a Soul, wrought upon by Superstition, to Avenge the Murder of a much loved Father, yet fearful of perpetrating a heinous crime by the premature destruction of the suspected Regicide--require a Combination Of Talent Rarely to be met with; but Mr. Murdoch's Delineation of the "Melancholy Dane," is justly ranked as among the Best on the Modern Stage, Tuesday Evening, Sept. 29, 1857, will be presented Shakspere's Sublime Creation of Hamlet! Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, Mr. Murdoch ... : To conclude with the laughable Farce of Your LIfe's In Danger. John Strong, as originally played by him in the U. S., Mr. H. Watkins ..

Alternate Title:

Hamlet; Your LIfe's In Danger

Name:

National Theatre (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Date:

1857

Language:

English

Publisher:

Brown's Steam-Power Book and Job Printing Office, Ledger Buildings, Philadelphia

Subject:

National Theatre (Philadelphia, Pa.); Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Hamlet; Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891. Your life's in danger; 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); 49.9 x 24 cm

Geographic Subject:

Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia

Related Place:

United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.

Rights:

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

Notes:

Printed area measures 44.8 x 19.9 cm.; Performance date: September 29, 1857.; Print Collection 8 copy is oversize no. 16 in a collection of playbills housed together.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Furness Collection, Print Collection 8 oversize no. 16

Collection:

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