City Museum, Fifth And Callowhill Streets. Lessees, Messrs. Sherzer & Zulich; Stage Manager, Mr. Lewis Baker; Last Night But Three Of The Eminent American Tragedian & Comedian Mr. J. E. Murdoch Who will appear this Evening, in his Great Character of Hamlet: Being the only opportunity the Public will have of witnessing this exquisite personation, as Mr. Murdoch's Engagement terminates on Saturday next. Mrs. Alexina Fisher Baker As Ophelia. Wednesday Evening, Dec. 12th, 1855, The performance will commence with Shakspere's Tragedy, in 5 Acts, of Hamlet: Prince of Denmark. Hamlet, Mr. J. E. Murdoch ... : To conclude with the Gloriously Funny Farce caled My Fellow Clerk, Tactic, Mr. L. Mestayer ..

Alternate Title:

Hamlet: Prince of Denmark; My Fellow Clerk

Name:

City Museum

Date:

1855

Language:

English

Publisher:

Brown's Steam-Power Job Printing Office, Ledger Buildings, Philad'a

Subject:

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Hamlet; 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); 56 x 24.1 cm

Geographic Subject:

Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia

Related Place:

United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.

Rights:

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

Notes:

Printed area measures 53.1 x 19.9 cm.; Performance date: December 12, 1855.; Print Collection 8 copy is oversize no. 5 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. 5

Collection:

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