Walnut Street Theatre. Philadelphia, December 11, 1869. Saturday Matinee, Reproduction of Charles Reade's great Sensational Drama, from the celebrated Work of Chas. Reade and Dion Boucicault, entitled Foul Play, Produced with all its Original Splendor, Startling Mechanical and Scenic Effects. Doors open at 1 1/4 o'clock. Commence at 2. Saturday Afternoon, Dec. 11th, '69, The performance will commence with Overture-"Romantic," Harold, After which will be presented the Grand Romantic Drama, consisting of a Prologue and 5 Acts, by Chas. Reade, Esq., entitled Foul Play, With the Original Scenery by R. S. Smith and George Heilge. The Music has been expressly composed by Simon Hassler, Leader of the Orchestra, The Prologue, London, 1863, The Forgery. Mr John Wardlaw, a great City Merchant, James Taylor ..

Alternate Title:

Foul play

Name:

Walnut Street Theatre (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Date:

1869

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.); Reade, Charles, 1814-1884. Foul play; Boucicault, Dion, 1820-1890. Foul play; 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:

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

Notes:

Printed area measures 21.5 x 12.8 cm.; Performance date: December 11, 1869.; Print Collection 8 copy is v. 11 no. 114 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. 11 no. 114

Collection:

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