Philadelphia Theatre. Mr. Wallack's Last Night but Two of performing in Philadelphia. Friday Evening, January 28, 1820, Will be presented the Tragedy of Pizarro, Or, The Death of Rolla. Spaniards. Pizarro, Mr. Hughes. ... : After which, (second time here) a new Melo-Drama, in 3 acts, called The Falls of Clyde. Written by George Soane, Esq. Author of the Innkeeper's Daughter, Bohemian, Peasant of Lucerne, &c. and performed in London with great applause. With additional New Scenery and Decorations. General Wilford, Mr. Hathwell. ..

Alternate Title
Pizarro, or, The Death of Rolla
Pizarro
Death of Rolla
Falls of Clyde
Creator
Chestnut Street Theatre (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Wallack, James William, 1795-1864 (actor)
Form
books
broadsides (notices)
playbills
Castlists
Date
1820
Language
English
Subject
Chestnut Street Theatre (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816. Pizarro
Kelly, Michael, 1762-1826. Pizarro
Kotzebue, August von, 1761-1819. Spanier in Peru. English
Soane, George, 1790-1860. Falls of Clyde
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) ; 39.8 x 18.4 cm
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Related Place
United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Notes
Printed area measures 39.4 x 13.5 cm.
Performance date: January 28, 1820.
Pizarro, or, The Death of Rolla; libretto by Richard Sheridan (adapted from August von Kotzebue's Die Spanier in Peru), music by Michael Kelly.
Print Collection 8 copy is box 21A no. 69 in a collection of playbills housed together.
Related works
Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda): https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3m03z73w
Also listed in
Penn Libraries Catalog
Physical Location
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Furness Collection, Print Collection 8 box 21A no. 69
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Resource Type
Text

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