New Theatre. The managers respectfully state, that for the better accommodation of the public, the office for the sale of Box Tickets, is now placed within the Vestibule, the nearest door to Sixth Street. Mr. Wallack's Benefit And Last Night of his Appearance. Wednesday Evening, January 29, 1823, Will be presented the celebrated Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark. Hamlet, Mr. Wallack, (first time here these three years). ... : After which, (by most particular desire) a petite Opera, called My Aunt. Written by Samuel H. Arnold, Esq. Author of the Woodman's Hut, the Devil's Bridge, &c. &c. and performed in London, Boston and New York, with general applause. Dashall, Mr. Wallack. ..

Alternate Title:

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark; My Aunt

Contributor:

Wallack, James William, 1795-1864 (actor)

Name:

Chestnut Street Theatre (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Date:

1823

Language:

English

Publisher:

[Publisher not identified]

Subject:

Chestnut Street Theatre (Philadelphia, Pa.); Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Hamlet; Arnold, Samuel James, 1774-1852. My aunt; 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) : illustration; 32.1 x 19 cm

Geographic Subject:

Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia

Related Place:

United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.

Rights:

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

Notes:

Printed area measures 31.6 x 15.4 cm.; Performance date: January 29, 1823.; Print Collection 8 copy imperfect: closely cropped at bottom margin, with some loss of text.; Print Collection 8 copy is box 18 no. 48 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. 48

Collection:

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