Walnut Street Theatre. Philadelphia, October 26, 1869. Last Week of Mr. Edwin Booth, Who will appear as Hamlet. 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. Tuesday Evening, Oct. 26th, 1869, The performance will commence at 1/4 to 8 o'clock, with Overture-"Hamlet,"Kaliwoda, After which will be presented Shakspere's Tragedy, in Five Acts, of Hamlet, Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, Mr. Edwin Booth ...

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. 68.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Walnut Street Theatre (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Hamlet.

Shakespeare, William.

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:

Hamlet

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : [Publisher not identified], 1869.

Notes:

Printed area measures 21.5 x 12.8 cm.

Performance date: October 26, 1869.

Local Notes:

Print Collection 8 copy is v. 11 no. 68 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:

951258983