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Walnut Street Theatre. Philadelphia, October 1, 1869. Benefit of Mr. Edwin Booth, Who will appear as Benedick, In Shakspere's Comedy, of Much Ado About Nothing. Visitors are requested to remain seated till the close of the Play, as the noise occasioned by the impatient few, mars the pleasure of the more intellectual portion of the audience, that wish to witness the completion of the performance. Change of time, Friday Evening, October 1, 1869, The Performance will commence at 1/4 to 8, o'clock, with Overture-"Shaksperean," Bishop, After which will be presented Shakspere's Comedy, in Five Acts, of Much Ado about Nothing. Benedick, Mr Edwin Booth ... : To conclude with a Comic Drama, in One Act, by Chas. Mathews, called Little Toddlekins. Mr Jones Robinson Brownsmith, Chas. Walcot ...

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Kislak Center for Special Collections - Furness Collection Print Collection 8 v. 11 no. 43
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Walnut Street Theatre (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Contributor:
Booth, Edwin, 1833-1893, actor.
Playbill and Program Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Philadelphia Theater Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)
Series:
Print Collection 8 ; v. 11 no. 43.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Walnut Street Theatre (Philadelphia, Pa.).
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Much ado about nothing.
Shakespeare, William.
Mathews, Charles, 1803-1878. Little Toddlekins.
Mathews, Charles.
Playbills--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Specimens.
Playbills.
Theaters--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Theaters.
Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Genre:
Specimens.
Broadsides.
Playbills.
Castlists.
Penn Provenance:
Furness, Horace Howard, 1865-1930 (donor) (Print Collection 8 copy)
Furness, Louise Brooks Winsor (donor) (Print Collection 8 copy)
Physical Description:
1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) ; 22.8 x 14 cm
Other Title:
Much ado about nothing
Little Toddlekins
Place of Publication:
Philadelphia : [Publisher not identified], 1869.
Notes:
Printed area measures 21.5 x 12.8 cm.
Performance date: October 1, 1869.
Local Notes:
Print Collection 8 copy is v. 11 no. 43 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."
OCLC:
951214786

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