Walnut Street Theatre. Philadelphia, May 6, 1870. Benefit of Mrs. Barney Williams, Three Glorious Pieces Drama, Protean Comedy, Screaming Farce. Shandy Maguire, An Hour In Seville, Barney The Baron, Mr. And Mrs. Barney Williams In 14 Characters Songs and Dances. On Friday Evening, May 6th, 1870, The performance will commence at eight o'clock, with Overture, "Groves of Blarney," Bishop, After which will be produced the Favorite Thrilling Irish Drama of Shandy Maguire Or, The Idiot of the Shannon. Shaudy Maguire, assuming the Characters of Andy Gittigan and Neal Flaherty, with the Songs "My Heart's in Old Ireland." "The Irish Girl," and "Shillelah Gramachree." with an Irish Jig, Mr. Barney Williams ... : To be followed by the Celebrated Protean Drama, written expressly for Mrs. Williams, of An Hour in Seville, Miss constance Flitterly, Mrs. Barney Williams ... To conclude with the Side-Splitting Comic Drama, Barney The Baron, Barney the Baron, Mr. Barney Williams ..

Alternate Title:

Shandy Maguire Or, The Idiot of the Shannon; Shandy Maguire; Idiot of the Shannon; Hour in Seville; Barney The Baron

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.); Pilgrim, James, -1879. Shandy Maguire; Selby, Charles, 1802?-1863. Hour in Seville; Lover, Samuel, 1797-1868. Barney the Baron; 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 6, 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. 261 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. 261

Collection:

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