Walnut Street Theatre. Philadelphia, February 5, 1870. Another Great Success. Last Night Of the Grand Scenic, Realistic Drama, of London, Every Scene New and expressly Imported from London, presenting Beautiful and Accurate Representations of celebrated Views of the Great City, by the distinguished English Scenic Artist, Mr. J. Johnson, rendering it, in fact, a faithful Panorama of London Streets, So that a Vist to this Superb Production is nearly as Good as a Trip to London. Saturday Evening, Feb'ry 5, 1870, The performance will commence at 1/4 to 8 o'clk, with Overture-Romantic, Thomas, After which will be presented the new Domestic, Romantic and Sensational Drama, by Henry Leslie, of London, and John S. Clarke, of Philadelphia, in Three Acts and Prologue, entitled London, or, Lights & Shadows of the Great City, Harold Forrester, Chas. Walcot ..
Alternate Title:
London, or, Lights & shadows of the great city; London; Lights & shadows of the great city
Name:
Walnut Street Theatre (Philadelphia, Pa.); Leslie, Henry, 1830-1881; Clarke, John S. (John Sleeper), 1833-1899
Printed area measures 21.5 x 12.8 cm.; Performance date: February 5, 1870.; Print Collection 8 copy is v. 11 no. 171 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. 171
Collection:
Playbill and Program Collection (University of Pennsylvania); Philadelphia Theater Collection (University of Pennsylvania); Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)
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