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New Theatre. On account of the length of the Entertainments, the performance on this Evening will commence at a quarter past six o'clock. The profits of this Nights Entertainments will be respectfully offered in aid of the Fire Engine & Hose Companies, Of the City and Districts. Saturday Evening, February 15, 1823, Will be presented a Musical Drama, called Rob Roy Macgregor; Or, Auld Lang Syne. Founded on the popular tale of Rob Roy. The Drama written by J. Pocock, Esq. author of the Miller and his Men, Zembuca, Libertine, &c. With the original Scots' Music, arranged by Mr. Bishop. Sir Frederick Vernon, Mr. Wheatly. ... : After which, (for the first time here) a new Comic piece, called Fire & Water. Captain Hurry, Mr. Jefferson. ... The whole to conclude with the Farce of The Day after the Wedding; Or, a Wife's First Lesson. Colonel Freelove, Mr. Wemyss. ...
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chestnut Street Theatre (Philadelphia, Pa.)
- Series:
- Print Collection 8 ; box 18 no. 59.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chestnut Street Theatre (Philadelphia, Pa.).
- Pocock, I. (Isaac), 1782-1835. Rob Roy Macgregor.
- Pocock, I.
- Davy, John, 1763-1824. Rob Roy Macgregor.
- Davy, John.
- Beazley, Samuel, 1786-1851. Fire and water.
- Beazley, Samuel.
- Kemble, Marie Thérèse, 1774-1838. Day after the wedding.
- Kemble, Marie Thérèse.
- Playbills--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Specimens.
- Playbills.
- Theaters--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Theaters.
- Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Genre:
- Specimens.
- Broadsides.
- Playbills.
- Castlists.
- Physical Description:
- 1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) ; 30.1 x 18.9 cm
- Other Title:
- Rob Roy Macgregor, or, Auld Lang Syne
- Rob Roy Macgregor
- Auld Lang Syne
- Fire & Water
- Fire and Water
- Day after the Wedding, or, a Wife's First Lesson
- Day after the Wedding
- Wife's First Lesson
- Place of Publication:
- [Philadelphia] : [Publisher not identified], [1823]
- Notes:
- Printed area measures 29.5 x 14.8 cm.
- Performance date: February 15, 1823.
- Rob Roy Macgregor, libretto, based on Walter Scott's Rob Roy, by Isaac Pocock; music by John Davy.
- Local Notes:
- Print Collection 8 copy is box 18 no. 59 in a collection of playbills housed together.
- OCLC:
- 951433694
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