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Walnut Street Theatre. Philadelphia, October 2, 1869. Twelfth Night of the Engagement of Mr. Edwin Booth, Who will appear as Shylock, in Shakspere's Merchant of Venice. 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, Saturday Evening, Oct. 2d, 1869, The Performance will commence at 1/4 to 8 o'clock, with Overture-"Shaksperean," Bishop, After which Shakspere's Popular Play, in Four Acts, of the Merchant of Venice. Shylock, Edwin Booth ... : To conclude with the successful Drama, in Three Acts, by H. T. Craven, entitled Miriam's Crime, or, The Lost Will, Biles, a Lawyer's Clerk, always drunk, Owen Fawcett ...
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Furness Collection Print Collection 8 v. 11 no. 45
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Walnut Street Theatre (Philadelphia, Pa.)
- Series:
- Print Collection 8 ; v. 11 no. 45.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Walnut Street Theatre (Philadelphia, Pa.).
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Merchant of Venice.
- Shakespeare, William.
- Craven, H. T. (Henry Thornton), 1818-1905. Miriam's crime.
- Craven, H. T.
- 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:
- Merchant of Venice
- Miriam's crime, or, The lost will
- Miriam's crime
- Lost will
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : [Publisher not identified], 1869.
- Notes:
- Printed area measures 21.5 x 12.8 cm.
- Performance date: October 2, 1869.
- Local Notes:
- Print Collection 8 copy is v. 11 no. 45 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:
- 951214963
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