Walnut Street Theatre. Philadelphia, May 12, 1870. Fourth and Last Week Of the Brilliant Engagement of the Great and World-Renowned Comedians, Mr. And Mrs. Barney Williams Who will appear, for the Last Time, in the Great Sensational Irish Drama, written expressly for Mr. and Mrs. Williams by John Brougham, Esq., entitled The Emerald Ring And the Beautiful Comedy, entitled the Rough Diamond. Thursday Evening, May 12, 1870, The performance will commence at eight o'clock, with Overture, "Ireland," Hassler, After which the successful Romantic Irish Drama, consisting of a Prologue and 3 Acts, entitled the Emerald Ring, Mike Macarty, Mr. Barney Williams ... : To conclude with the Beautiful Comedy, entitled The Rough Diamond, Margery, Mrs. Barney Williams ..

Alternate Title:

Emerald Ring; Rough Diamond

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.); Brougham, John, 1810-1880. Emerald ring; Buckstone, John Baldwin, 1802-1879. Rough diamond; 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); 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 12, 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. 267 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. 267

Collection:

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