Philadelphia Theatre. The Doors will be opened at a quarter past 5, and the Curtain rise at precisely a quarter past 6 o'clock, until further notice. Last Night but One of Mr. Cooper's Engagement. Friday Evening, January 16, 1824, Will be presented the celebrated Tragedy of Virginius; Or, The Liberation of Rome. Written by Sheridan Knowles, Esq. and performed in London, Boston, &c. with distinguished success. Virginius, a Centurion, Mr. Cooper. ... : After which, the Farce of Where shall I Dine? Sponge, Mr. Wemyss. ..

Alternate Title:

Virginius, or, The Liberation of Rome; Virginius; Liberation of Rome; Where shall I Dine?

Contributor:

Cooper, Thomas Abthorpe, 1776-1849 (actor); Wemyss, Francis Courtney, 1797-1859 (actor)

Name:

Chestnut Street Theatre (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Date:

1824

Language:

English

Publisher:

[Publisher not identified]

Subject:

Chestnut Street Theatre (Philadelphia, Pa.); Knowles, James Sheridan, 1784-1862. Virginius; Rodwell, G. Herbert (George Herbert), 1800-1852. Where shall I dine?; Rodwell, J. Thomas G. (James Thomas Gooderham), -1825. Where shall I dine?; 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); 29.6 x 19.3 cm

Geographic Subject:

Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia

Related Place:

United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.

Rights:

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

Notes:

Printed area measures 25.9 x 15.3 cm.; Performance date: January 16, 1824.; Where shall I Dine? variously ascribed to both G.H. Rodwell and J.T.G. Rodwell.; Print Collection 8 copy is box 21A no. 122 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. 122

Collection:

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