Philadelphia Theatre. Mr. Wallack's Last Night but Two of performing in Philadelphia. Friday Evening, January 28, 1820, Will be presented the Tragedy of Pizarro, Or, The Death of Rolla. Spaniards. Pizarro, Mr. Hughes. ... : After which, (second time here) a new Melo-Drama, in 3 acts, called The Falls of Clyde. Written by George Soane, Esq. Author of the Innkeeper's Daughter, Bohemian, Peasant of Lucerne, &c. and performed in London with great applause. With additional New Scenery and Decorations. General Wilford, Mr. Hathwell. ..

Alternate Title:

Pizarro, or, The Death of Rolla; Pizarro; Death of Rolla; Falls of Clyde

Contributor:

Wallack, James William, 1795-1864 (actor)

Name:

Chestnut Street Theatre (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Date:

1820

Language:

English

Publisher:

[Publisher not identified]

Subject:

Chestnut Street Theatre (Philadelphia, Pa.); Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816. Pizarro; Kelly, Michael, 1762-1826. Pizarro; Kotzebue, August von, 1761-1819. Spanier in Peru. English; Soane, George, 1790-1860. Falls of Clyde; Playbills -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Specimens; Theaters -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia; Theaters; Playbills

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

books; broadsides (notices); playbills; Castlists

Physical Description:

1 sheet (1 unnumbered page); 39.8 x 18.4 cm

Geographic Subject:

Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia

Related Place:

United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.

Rights:

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

Notes:

Printed area measures 39.4 x 13.5 cm.; Performance date: January 28, 1820.; Pizarro, or, The Death of Rolla; libretto by Richard Sheridan (adapted from August von Kotzebue's Die Spanier in Peru), music by Michael Kelly.; Print Collection 8 copy is box 21A no. 69 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. 69

Collection:

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