Theatre. Saturday Evening, February 2, 1822. Will be presented a celebrated Tragedy, in 5 acts, called Mahomet, The Impostor. Translated from the French by the Rev. Mr. Miller. Mahomet, Mr. Wood. ... : After which the admired Farce of the Anatomist; Or, the Sham Doctor. Mons. Le Medecin, Mr. Blissett. ..

Alternate Title:

Mahomet, The Impostor; Anatomist, or, the Sham Doctor; Anatomist; Sham Doctor

Contributor:

Wood, William B. 1779-1861 (actor); Blissett, Francis, 1742?-1824 (actor)

Name:

Walnut Street Theatre (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Date:

1822

Language:

English

Publisher:

[Publisher not identified]

Subject:

Chestnut Street Theatre (Philadelphia, Pa.); Miller, James, 1706-1744. Mahomet the impostor; Voltaire, 1694-1778. Mahomet le prophète; Ravenscroft, Edward, 1654?-1707. Anatomist, or, The sham doctor; Playbills -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Specimens; Theaters -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia; Theaters; Playbills

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Specimens; Broadsides; Playbills; Castlists

Physical Description:

1 sheet (1 unnumbered page); 26.9 x 17.7 cm

Geographic Subject:

Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia

Related Place:

United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.

Rights:

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

Notes:

Printed area measures 23.3 x 15.2 cm.; Performance date: February 2, 1822.; The Chestnut Street Theatre was destroyed by fire on April 2, 1820. While the theater was being reconstructed, the players performed at the Walnut Street Theatre.; Print Collection 8 copy is box 21A no. 105 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. 105

Collection:

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