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New Theatre. The managers respectfully state, that for the better accommodation of the public, the office for the sale of Box Tickets, is now placed within the Vestibule, the nearest door to Sixth Street. The public are respectfully informed that Mr. Wallack Is Engaged for Five Nights only, and will appear on Friday, Saturday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Friday Evening, January 17, 1823, Will be presented the Tragedy of Pizarro; Or, the Death of Rolla. Spaniards. Pizarro, Mr. Wood. ... : After which, the favourite Farce of The Mock Doctor; Or, the Dumb Lady Cur'd. Translated from the French. Sir Jasper, Mr. Hathwell. ..

Alternate Title:
Pizarro, or, the Death of Rolla; Pizarro; Death of Rolla; Mock Doctor, or, the Dumb Lady Cur'd; Mock Doctor; Dumb Lady Cur'd
Contributor:
Wallack, James William, 1795-1864 (actor); Wallack, Henry John, 1790-1870 (actor); Wallack, James William, 1818-1873 (actor)
Name:
Chestnut Street Theatre (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Date:
1823
Language:
English
Publisher:
[Publisher not identified]
Subject:
Chestnut Street Theatre (Philadelphia, Pa.); Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816. Pizarro; Fielding, Henry, 1707-1754. Mock doctor; 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) : illustration; 30.9 x 19.1 cm
Geographic Subject:
Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Related Place:
United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Rights:
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Notes:
Printed area measures 30.6 x 15.3 cm.; Performance date: January 17, 1823.; This performance features three members of the Wallack family.; Print Collection 8 copy is box 18 no. 39 in a collection of playbills housed together.; Print Collection 8 copy imperfect: closely cropped at bottom margin, with some loss of text.
Physical Location:
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Furness Collection, Print Collection 8 box 18 no. 39
Collection:
Playbill and Program Collection (University of Pennsylvania); Philadelphia Theater Collection (University of Pennsylvania); Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)