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New Theatre. Mr. Mathews' Fifth Night. Monday Evening, March 3, 1823, Will be presented, Colman's celebrated Comedy, called Ways and Means; Or, a Trip to Dover. Sir David Dunder, Mr. Mathews. ... : After which, a Farce, called A Day at an Inn; Or, Buskin's Frolics. Buskin, Mr. Mathews, in which Character he will Sing the Comic Song of 'The Mail Coach.' Sir Walter Wilton, Mr. Burke. ... The Entertainments to conclude with the Comic Opera of the Agreeable Surprise. Lingo, Mr. Mathews, in which character he will introduce the Comic Song of 'The Nightingale Club.' Sir Felix Friendly, Mr. Burke. ...

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Chestnut Street Theatre (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Contributor:
Mathews, Charles, 1776-1835, 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 ; box 18 no. 67.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Chestnut Street Theatre (Philadelphia, Pa.).
Colman, George, 1762-1836. Ways and means, or, A trip to Dover.
Colman, George.
Hook, Theodore Edward, 1788-1841. A day at an inn.
Hook, Theodore Edward.
O'Keeffe, John, 1747-1833. Agreeable surprise.
O'Keeffe, John.
Arnold, Samuel, 1740-1802. Agreeable surprise.
Arnold, Samuel.
Playbills--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Specimens.
Playbills.
Theaters--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Theaters.
Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Genre:
Specimens.
Broadsides.
Playbills.
Castlists.
Physical Description:
1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) ; 30.8 x 18.8 cm
Other Title:
Ways and Means, or, a Trip to Dover
Ways and Means
Trip to Dover
Day at an Inn, or, Buskin's Frolics
Day at an Inn
Buskin's Frolics
Agreeable Surprise
Place of Publication:
[Philadelphia] : [Publisher not identified], [1823]
Notes:
Printed area measures 27.6 x 15.1 cm.
Performance date: March 3, 1823.
Agreeable surprise, libretto by John O'Keeffe, music by Samuel Arnold.
Local Notes:
Print Collection 8 copy is box 18 no. 67 in a collection of playbills housed together.
OCLC:
951539751

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