New Theatre. The Public are respectfully informed that Mr. Cooper Is Engaged for a part of the Season, and will make his first appearance, these 2 years, on Friday Evening, December 6, 1822, In the celebrated Tragedy of Virginius; Or, the Liberation of Rome. Written by Sheridan Knowles, Esq. and performed in London, Boston, &c. with distinguished success. Virginius, a Centurion, Mr. Cooper. ... : After which the Farce of The Spoil'd Child. Old Pickle, Mr. Burke. ..

Alternate Title:

Virginius, or, the Liberation of Rome; Virginius; Liberation of Rome; Spoil'd Child

Contributor:

Cooper, Thomas Abthorpe, 1776-1849 (actor)

Name:

Chestnut Street Theatre (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Date:

1822

Language:

English

Publisher:

[Publisher not identified]

Subject:

Chestnut Street Theatre (Philadelphia, Pa.); Knowles, James Sheridan, 1784-1862. Virginius; Bickerstaff, Isaac, 1735-1812. Spoil'd child; 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; 32.9 x 19.6 cm

Geographic Subject:

Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia

Related Place:

United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.

Rights:

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

Notes:

Printed area measures 26.8 x 14.5 cm.; Performance date: December 6, 1822.; Print Collection 8 copy is box 18 no. 18 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. 18

Collection:

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