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Von Suppe's comic opera Boccaccio illustrated by H.B. Mahn's Opera Company J.E. Baker
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks V6-0053 Theater Poster
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Baker, J.E.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Musical revues & comedies--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Local Subjects:
- Musical revues & comedies--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Penn Provenance:
- Provenance unknown.
- Physical Description:
- 1 print : lithograph, color; 49.8 x 70.9 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Forbes Co., [1880]
- Biography/History:
- Boccaccio, or The Prince of Palermo, was a comic opera in 3 acts written by Franz Von Suppe and copyrighted in 1880 by O. Ditson & Co. The comedy was performed in Philadelphia on 3 May 1880 in the South Broad Street Theatre.
- Summary:
- Outdoor crowd scene watched over by a figure dressed as Satan with vignetted portraits of characters.
- Notes:
- Letterpress reads: South Broad St. Theatre/Every Evening & Saturday Matinee, Commencing Monday, May 3.
- Forms part of the Theater Poster Collection; for general information, see collection record.
- See V6-57 for duplicate b & w image.
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