Philadelphia Theatre. Mr. Wallack's First Night. Monday Evening, January 10, 1820, Will be presented the Tragedy of Pizarro, Or, the Death of Rolla. Spaniards: Pizarro, Mr. Hughes. ... : To which will be added, the favourite Farce of The Weathercock. Old Fickle, Mr. Francis. ..

Alternate Title:

Pizarro, or, the Death of Rolla; Pizarro; Death of Rolla; Weathercock

Contributor:

Wallack, James William, 1795-1864 (actor); Francis, William, 1756 or 1757-1826 (actor)

Name:

Chestnut Street Theatre (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Date:

1820

Language:

English

Publisher:

[publisher not identified]

Subject:

Chestnut Street Theatre (Philadelphia, Pa.); Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816. Pizarro; Kelly, Michael, 1762-1826. Pizarro; Kotzebue, August von, 1761-1819. Spanier in Peru. English; Allingham, John Till, active 1799-1810. Weathercock; King, M. P. (Matthew Peter), 1773-1823. Weathercock; Playbills -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Specimens; Theaters -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia; Theaters; Playbills

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Specimens; Broadsides; Playbills; Castlists; books

Physical Description:

1 sheet (1 unnumbered page); 27.2 x 18.5 cm

Geographic Subject:

Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia

Related Place:

United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.

Rights:

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

Notes:

Printed area measures 23.6 x 13.5 cm.; Performance date: January 10, 1820.; Pizarro, or, The Death of Rolla; libretto by Richard Sheridan (adapted from August von Kotzebue's Die Spanier in Peru), music by Michael Kelly.; The weathercock; libretto by J.T. Allingham, music by M. P. King.; Print Collection 8 copy is box 21A no. 63 in a collection of playbills housed together.; Print Collection 8 copy 2 is box 21A no. 64 in a collection of playbills housed together.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Furness Collection, Print Collection 8 box 21A no. 64; Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Furness Collection, Print Collection 8 box 21A no. 63

Collection:

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