Theatre, Walnut Street, Vox Populi. The Managers of this establishment anxious to gratify their numerous patrons, have at considerable expense, entered into an engagement with Mr. Booth, Mr. Hamblin, and Miss Vincent, Who will appear together this evening, in the favourite Tragedy of the Apostate. The Public is respectfully informed, that in consequence of their arrangements at New York, the stay of these celebrated Tragedians must be very limited. First Night of Freaks & Follies, In which Mr. Wilkinson Will sustain his original character of Tom Trippet. Written expressly for him. Saturday Evening, March 30, 1833. Will be presented, 1st time in this Theatre these 3 years, the favourite Tragedy of the Apostate. Hemeya, Mr. Hamblin. ... : After which, 1st time in this city, a new Petite Comedy, called Freaks and Follies. As performed in London with the greatest applause and success. Tom Trippet, (written expressly for him), Mr. Wilkinson. ..

Alternate Title:

Apostate; Freaks and Follies

Contributor:

Booth, Junius Brutus, 1796-1852 (actor); Hamblin, Thomas Sowerby, 1800-1853 (actor); Vincent, Naomi (actor); Wilkinson, James Pimbury, 1787- (actor)

Name:

Walnut Street Theatre (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Date:

1833

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.); Sheil, Richard Lalor, 1791-1851. Apostate; Rodwell, G. Herbert (George Herbert), 1800-1852. Freaks and Follies; 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) : illustration; 44.7 x 14 cm

Geographic Subject:

Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia

Related Place:

United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.

Rights:

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

Notes:

Printed area measures 41.7 x 11.5 cm.; Performance date: March 30, 1833.; Print Collection 8 copy is v. 28 no. 16 in a collection of playbills bound together.; 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."

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Furness Collection, Print Collection 8 v. 28 no. 16

Collection:

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