Walnut Street Theatre. Philadelphia, April 2, 1870. An Immense Bill! The Great Delineator of Specialties, Mr. F. S. Chanfrau Will appear in his New and Highly Successful Play, of Kit Or, The Arkansas Traveler With the thrilling Drama of the Courier of Lyons! Saturday Evening, April 2d, 1870, The performance will commence at 1/4 to eight o'clock, with Overture -- "Elizabeth," Rossini After which will be presented an Original Drama, entitled Kit Or, The Arkansas Traveler, A Drama contained in a Prologue and 4 Acts. Personages in the Prologue. Kit Redding, F. S. Chanfrau... To conclude with the Trilling Sensational Drama in 3 Acts, entitled the Courier of Lyons Or, The Attack Upon the Mail. Jos. Lesurques, Charles Walcot..

Alternate Title:

Kit, Or the Arkansas Traveler; Kit; Arkansas Traveler; Courier of Lyons Or, The Attack Upon the Mail; Courier of Lyons; Attack Upon the Mail

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.); De Walden, Thomas Blaides, 1811-1873. Kit Or, The Arkansas Traveler; Spencer, Edward, 1834-1883. Kit Or, The Arkansas Traveler; Reade, Charles, 1814-1884. Courier of Lyons; 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 2, 1870; Print Collection 8 copy is v. 11 no. 228 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. 228

Collection:

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