New Theatre. Last Week but One. Mr. Jefferson's Benefit. Monday Evening, April 14, 1823, Will be presented a Comedy, in 5 acts, called The Brothers; Or, The Shipwreck. Written by R. Cumberland, Esq. Author of the West-Indian, Fashionable Lover, Wheel of Fortune, &c. Sir Benjamin Dove, Mr. Jefferson. ... : After which, the Musical Farce, called My Grandmother; Or, The Living Picture. Sir Matt Medley, Mr. Francis. ... After which will be revived, a favourite afterpiece, called A Roland for an Oliver. Written by Thomas Morton, Esq. Author of the Way to Get Married, Town and Country, the Slave, Speed the Plough, &c. &c. Sir Mark Chase, Mr. Warren. ..

Alternate Title:

Brothers, or, The Shipwreck; Brothers; Shipwreck; My Grandmother, or, The Living Picture; My Grandmother; Living Picture; Roland for an Oliver

Contributor:

Jefferson, Joseph, 1774-1832 (actor)

Name:

Chestnut Street Theatre (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Date:

1823

Language:

English

Publisher:

[Publisher not identified]

Subject:

Chestnut Street Theatre (Philadelphia, Pa.); Cumberland, Richard, 1732-1811. Brothers, or, The Shipwreck; Storace, Stephen, 1762-1796. My grandmother; Morton, Thomas, 1764-1838. Roland for an Oliver; 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); 30.8 x 18.7 cm

Geographic Subject:

Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia

Related Place:

United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.

Rights:

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

Notes:

Printed area measures 30.3 x 15 cm.; Performance date: April 14, 1823.; Print Collection 8 copy imperfect: closely cropped at bottom margin, with some loss of text.; Print Collection 8 copy is box 18 no. 87 in a collection of playbills housed together.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Furness Collection, Print Collection 8 box 18 no. 87

Collection:

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