Walnut Street Theatre. Philadelphia, April 9, 1870. Lots Of Fun for the Farewell Performance of Mr. F. S. Chanfrau Who will appear in his Celebrated Impersonation of Mose! Also, in his Great Characterization of Solon Shingle! Saturday Evening, April 9th, 1870, The performance will commence at 1/4 to eight o'clock with Overture -- "Nabucco," Rossini After which will be presented the Comic Drama, in One Act, entitled Solon Shingle Solon Shingle, F. S. Chanfrau... To be followed with the Local Sketch, in Two Acts, by B. A. Baker, Esq., of Mose; or, A Glance at New York Mose, F. S. Chanfrau... To conclude with the Succesful Domestic Drama in Two Acts, by T. J. Williams, entitled the Peep-Show Man Jack Trudget, the "Peep-Show Man," late Mate of the "Matchless Margaret," Chas. Walcot..

Alternate Title:

Solon Shingle; Mose Or, A Glance at New York; Mose; Glance at New York; Peep-Show Man

Contributor:

Chanfrau, Frank, 1824-1884 (actor); Walcot, Charles Melton, 1840-1921 (actor)

Name:

Walnut Street Theatre (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Date:

1870

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:

Theaters; Playbills; Walnut Street Theatre (Philadelphia, Pa.); Jones, J. S. (Joseph Stevens), 1811-1877. Solon Shingle; Baker, Benjamin A., 1818-1890. Mose or, A Glance at New York; Williams, Thomas J. (Thomas John), 1824-1874. Peep-show man; Playbills -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Specimens; Theaters -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Specimens; Broadsides; Playbills; Castlists

Physical Description:

1 sheet (1 unnumbered page); 22.8 x 14 cm

Geographic Subject:

Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia

Related Place:

United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.

Rights:

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

Notes:

Printed area measures 21.5 x 12.8 cm.; Performance date: April 9, 1870.; Print Collection 8 copy is v. 11 no. 235 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. 235

Collection:

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