New Theatre. The Curtain will rise, for the future, at 7 o'clock, precisely Mr. Warren's Benefit. Wednesday Evening, April 9, 1823, Will be presented a Prelude, called the Manager in Distress. Written by George Colman, Esq. The Manager, Mr. Wheatly. ... : After which, First Time In This City, A New Historical Drama, called Guy Fawkes; Or, Gunpowder Treason. Performed in London with great applause. With new additional Scenery and Dresses. King James, Mr. Darley. ... The whole to conclude with the Farce of The King & Miller of Mansfield. King Henry the 7th, Mr. H. Wallack. ..

Alternate Title:

Manager in Distress; Guy Fawkes, or, Gunpowder Treason; Guy Fawkes; Gunpowder Treason; King & Miller of Mansfield; King and Miller of Mansfield

Contributor:

Warren, William, 1767-1832 (actor)

Name:

Chestnut Street Theatre (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Date:

1823

Language:

English

Publisher:

[Publisher not identified]

Subject:

Chestnut Street Theatre (Philadelphia, Pa.); Colman, George, 1732-1794. Manager in distress; Macfarren, George, 1788-1843. Guy Fawkes, or, Gunpowder Treason; Dodsley, Robert, 1704-1764. King and the miller of Mansfield; 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); 30.9 x 18.6 cm

Geographic Subject:

Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia

Related Place:

United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.

Rights:

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

Notes:

Printed area measures 30.6 x 15.1 cm.; Performance date: April 9, 1823.; Print Collection 8 copy imperfect: closely cropped at bottom margin, with some loss of text.; Print Collection 8 copy is box 18 no. 84 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. 84

Collection:

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