Walnut Street Theatre. Philadelphia, January 7, 1870. Fifth Night Of the Highly Successful Romantic Military Drama, In Four Acts, by Watts Phillips, Esq., author of "The Dead Heart," "Lost in London," &c., entitled Not Guilty, Presented with every attention to detail, situation and effect. The "Young Volunteer Corps," and Beck's Philadelphia Band, No. 1, Are specially engaged, in order to give the proper martial effect to the Military Displays incidental to the Drama. Friday Evening, Jan'ry 7th, 1870, The performance will commence at quarter to 8 o'clock, with Overture-"Military," Hassler, Expressly Composed and Dedicated to T. J. Hemphill, Esq. After which will be produced the New Military Drama, entitled Not Guilty, With New and Appropriate Scenery by the eminent artist, Mr. George Heilge. Machinery by Arthur Wright. Properties and Military Appointments by E. Wood and C. Hoffman. The Volunteer Uniforms, the Oriental and other Costumes, by a skilled Artisan, Mrs. Ricker and Assistants. The Music, composed, selected and arranged by Simon Hassler,-with the following Excellent Cast: Captain Willoughby, Silas Jarrett, Chas. Walcot ..

Alternate Title
Not guilty
Creator
Walnut Street Theatre (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Form
books
broadsides (notices)
playbills
Castlists
Date
1870
Language
English
Subject
Walnut Street Theatre (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Phillips, Watts, 1825-1874. Not guilty
Playbills -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Specimens
Theaters -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Theaters
Playbills
Geographic Subject
Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Collection
Playbill and Program Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Philadelphia Theater Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)
Extent
1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) ; 22.8 x 14 cm
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Related Place
United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Notes
Printed area measures 21.5 x 12.8 cm.
Performance date: January 7, 1870.
Print Collection 8 copy is v. 11 no. 141 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."
Related works
Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda): https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p36m4k
Also listed in
Penn Libraries Catalog
Physical Location
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Furness Collection, Print Collection 8 v. 11 no. 141
Provenance
Furness, Horace Howard, 1865-1930 (donor) (Print Collection 8 copy)
Furness, Louise Brooks Winsor (donor) (Print Collection 8 copy)
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Resource Type
Text

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