Theatre.The public are respectfully informed that the Managers have, in compliance with the wishes of many Ladies and Gentlemen, Engaged Mr. Philipps, For a few nights more, previous to the close of the season, he will appear again on Monday Evening, March 18, 1822, In The Favourite Opera Of The Barber of Seville. Translated from the Italian. The Original Music by Rossini. Adapted to the English Stage, (with a new Overture) by Mr. Bishop, with additions by Mr. Philipps -- and performed in London, Dublin and New York, with unbounded applause. The Opera produced under the immediate direction of Mr. Philipps. Count Almiviva, Mr. Philipps, In which Character he will introduce the Ballad of 'The Soldier's Bride;' Pomposo, or a Receipt for an Italian Song, (a Mock Bravura)--and the Cavatina, by Bishop, 'Love Has Eyes.' Doctor Bartolo, Mr. Burke. ... : After which, (Third Time In This City) a new Melo-Drama, called the Wandering Boys; Or, the Castle of Olival. Count de Croissy, Mr. H. Wallack. ..

Alternate Title:

Barber of Seville; Wandering Boys, or, the Castle of Olival; Wandering Boys; Castle of Olival

Contributor:

Philipps, Thomas, 1774-1841 (actor); Wallack, Henry John, 1790-1870 (actor)

Name:

Walnut Street Theatre (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Date:

1822

Language:

English

Publisher:

[Publisher not identified]

Subject:

Chestnut Street Theatre (Philadelphia, Pa.); Bishop, Henry R. (Henry Rowley), 1786-1855. Barber of Seville; Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868. Barbiere di Siviglia; Kerr, John, active 1814-1834. Wandering boys; or, The castle of Olival; Pixérécourt, R.-C. Guilbert de (René-Charles Guilbert de), 1773-1844. Pélerin blanc; Playbills -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Specimens; Theaters -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia; Theaters; Playbills

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

broadsides (notices); playbills; Castlists; books

Physical Description:

1 sheet (1 unnumbered page); 25.1 x 17.6 cm

Geographic Subject:

Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia

Related Place:

United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.

Rights:

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

Notes:

Printed area measures 24 x 15.4 cm.; Performance date: March 18, 1822.; Wandering Boys, or, the Castle of Olival is an adaptation of R.C. Guilbert de Pixérécourt's Le pèlerin blanc. An opera of the same name, with music by Bishop, was produced at Covent Garden, February 24, 1814 (cf. Genest and Theat, inquisitor) A still earlier adaptation by M.M. Noah, "Paul and Alexis or The orphans of the Rhine," was acted at Charleston, S.C., in in 1812, later altered and printed at Boston, 1821, under title "The wandering boys; or The castle of Olival." The Brit. mus. Catalogue ascribes a play of the latter name in Lacy's acting drama to John Kerr. (cf. also L.C. Baker, German drama in Eng. on the N.Y. Stage, p. 96).; The Chestnut Street Theatre was destroyed by fire on April 2, 1820. While the theater was being reconstructed, the players performed at the Walnut Street Theatre.; Print Collection 8 copy imperfect: closely cropped at top margin, with some loss of text.; Print Collection 8 copy is box 21A no. 114 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. 114

Collection:

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