Walnut Street Theatre. Philadelphia, November 23, 1869. Last Week Of the Brilliant Engagement of MR, Edwin Forrest, Who will appear in his GREAT CHARACTER of King Lear, Edgar, Mr. Wm. Harris, Cordelia, Miss Lillie. 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, Nov'r 23d, 1869, The performance will commence at 1/4 to 8 o'clk, with Overture-"Stradella," Flotow, After which will be presented Shakspere's Tragedy, in Five Acts, of King Lear, King Lear, Mr. Edwin Forrest ...

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Walnut Street Theatre (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Contributor:

Forrest, Edwin, 1806-1872, 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. 97.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Walnut Street Theatre (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Lear.

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:

King Lear

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : [Publisher not identified], 1869.

Notes:

Printed area measures 21.5 x 12.8 cm.

Performance date: November 23, 1869.

Local Notes:

Print Collection 8 copy is v. 11 no. 97 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:

951684922