Chestnut St. Theatre. Two Weeks, Commencing Monday, Feb. 15, Wednesday & Saturday, Matinees. Production of the Kiralfy Brothers' Grand Lyric and Dramatic Spectacle, the Great Vienna Success, the Ratcatcher, Or, The Pied Piper Of Hamelin. In which the talented young actor and singer Mr. Hubert Wilke will appear in the title role, as played by him over 400 times in Europe. The Original Music conducted by the composer, Mr. Selli Simonson, and appearance of the Beautiful Star Premiere Danseuses from the [Theatre Royal, Brussels] Mlle. De La Brujere and Adele Camis. With a Grand Ballet of European Artists, a carefully chosen chorus, and a Dramatic Company of Great Excellence. Hans Von Kronold, a Burgomaster, Mr. J. F. Hagan ..

Alternate Title:

Ratcatcher, or, The Pied Piper Of Hamelin; Ratcatcher; Pied Piper Of Hamelin

Contributor:

Wilke, Hubert (actor); Simonson, Selli (composer); La Bruyère, Consuelo de (dancer); Hagan, J. F. (actor)

Name:

Chestnut Street Theatre (Philadelphia, Pa.); Kiralfy, Imre, 1845-1919; Kiralfy, Bolossy, 1847-1932

Date:

1886

Language:

English

Publisher:

[Publisher not identified]

Subject:

Chestnut Street Theatre (Philadelphia, Pa.); Kiralfy Brothers. -- Ratcatcher; 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); 35.1 x 11.6 cm

Geographic Subject:

Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia

Related Place:

United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.

Rights:

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

Notes:

Printed area measures 32.2 x 10.1 cm.; Performance date: February 15, 1886?.; Print Collection 8 copy is box 18 no. 93 in a collection of playbills housed together.; Print Collection 8 copy 2 is box 18 no. 94 in a collection of playbills housed together.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Furness Collection, Print Collection 8 box 18 no. 94; Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Furness Collection, Print Collection 8 box 18 no. 93

Collection:

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