Walnut Street Theatre. Philadelphia, December 11, 1869. Saturday Matinee, Reproduction of Charles Reade's great Sensational Drama, from the celebrated Work of Chas. Reade and Dion Boucicault, entitled Foul Play, Produced with all its Original Splendor, Startling Mechanical and Scenic Effects. Doors open at 1 1/4 o'clock. Commence at 2. Saturday Afternoon, Dec. 11th, '69, The performance will commence with Overture-"Romantic," Harold, After which will be presented the Grand Romantic Drama, consisting of a Prologue and 5 Acts, by Chas. Reade, Esq., entitled Foul Play, With the Original Scenery by R. S. Smith and George Heilge. The Music has been expressly composed by Simon Hassler, Leader of the Orchestra, The Prologue, London, 1863, The Forgery. Mr John Wardlaw, a great City Merchant, James Taylor ...

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Walnut Street Theatre (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Contributor:

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. 114.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Walnut Street Theatre (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Reade, Charles, 1814-1884. Foul play.

Reade, Charles.

Boucicault, Dion, 1820-1890. Foul play.

Boucicault, Dion.

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:

Foul play

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : [Publisher not identified], 1869.

Notes:

Printed area measures 21.5 x 12.8 cm.

Performance date: December 11, 1869.

Local Notes:

Print Collection 8 copy is v. 11 no. 114 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:

951750493