Walnut Street Theatre. Philadelphia, January 27, 1870. Benefit of Beck's Band and Last Night But One Of the Highly Successful Romantic Military Drama, In Four Acts, by Watts Phillips, Esq., author of "The Dead Heart," "Lost in London," &c., entitled Not Guilty, Presented with every attention to detail, situation and effect. The "Young Volunteer Corps," and Beck's Philadelphia Band, No. 1, Are specially engaged, in order to give the proper martial effect to the Military Displays incidental to the Drama. Between the 2d and 3d Acts, Beck's Philadelphia Band, and the Orchestra under the direction of Simon Hassler, will perform the much-admired "Marche du Sacre," from Meyerbeer's Opera of "Le Prophete." In Act 3d Beck's Philadelphia Band will perform the "Grand Finale" of Verdi's Opera of "Ernani," arranged expressly by M. F. Aledo. Thursday Evening, Jan. 27th, 1870, The performance will commence at quarter to 8 o'clock, with Overture-"Military," Hassler, Expressly Composed and Dedicated to T. J. Hemphill, Esq., After which will be produced the New Military Drama, entitled Not Guilty, With New and Appropriate Scenery by the eminent artist, Mr. George Heilge. Machinery by Arthur Wright. The Music composed, selected and arranged by Simon Hassler. Captain Willoughby, Silas Jarrett, Chas. Walcot ..

Alternate Title:

Not guilty

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:

Walnut Street Theatre (Philadelphia, Pa.); Phillips, Watts, 1825-1874. Not guilty; Playbills -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Specimens; Theaters -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia; Theaters; Playbills

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

books; broadsides (notices); 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:

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

Notes:

Printed area measures 21.5 x 12.8 cm.; Performance date: January 27, 1870.; Print Collection 8 copy is v. 11 no. 161 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. 161

Collection:

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