Theatre, Arch Street, Doors open at a quarter past 6. Curtain rise at a quarter past 7 o'clock precisely. Mr. Wemyss Having taken the lease of the Theatre now building at Pittsburg, Announces to his friends and the public that his Farewell Benefit Will take place at this Theatre, on Monday Evening, April 22nd, 1833, On which occasion, Mr. Wood, Who has kindly volunteered his services, and Mr. J. R. Scott will appear. On Monday Evening, April 22, 1833, Will be presented O'Keefe's Comedy of Wild Oats; or The Strolling Gentlemen. Rover, Mr. Wood, ... : After which the admired interlude of the Married Bachelor. Sir Charles Courtley, Mr. Spencer ... To conclude with the Farce of Raising the Wind. Jeremy Didler, Mr. Wemyss. ..

Alternate Title:

Wild Oats; or The Strolling Gentlemen; Wild Oats; Strolling Gentlemen; Married Bachelor; Raising the Wind

Contributor:

Wemyss, Francis Courtney, 1797-1859 (actor); Wood, William B. (William Burke), 1779-1861 (actor); Scott, John R., 1808-1856 (actor)

Name:

Arch 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:

C. Alexander, Printer, Franklin Place

Subject:

Arch Street Theatre (Philadelphia, Pa.); O'Keeffe, John, 1747-1833. Wild oats; O'Callaghan, P. P. Married bachelor; Kenney, James, 1780-1849. Raising the wind; 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; 57.5 x 17 cm

Geographic Subject:

Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia

Related Place:

United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.

Rights:

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

Notes:

Printed area measures 48.9 x 12.7 cm.; Performance date: April 22, 1833.; Print Collection 8 copy is v. 28 no. 22 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. 22

Collection:

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