Philadelphia Theatre. Mr. Jefferson's Benefit. Monday Evening, Feb. 28, 1820, Will be presented an Historical Play, (not acted these four years) interspersed with Music, called the Battle of Hexham; Or, Days of Old. Written by George Colman, Esq. Montague, Mr. Wheatly. ... : After The Play, A Hornpipe by Mrs. H. Wallack. A Hunting Song by Mrs. Burke. Oh! Cruel; Or, the Wandering Melodists: Female Ballad Singer, Mr. Jefferson. Fidler, Mr. Blissett. After which, second time, a new petite Comedy, (Translated from the French) called A Short Reign, ..
- Alternate Title
- Battle of Hexham, or, Days of Old
- Battle of Hexham
- Days of Old
- Creator
- Chestnut Street Theatre (Philadelphia, Pa.)
- Jefferson, Thomas, -1824 (actor)
- Wallack, Henry John, Mrs., -1845 (actor)
- Form
- books
- broadsides (notices)
- playbills
- Castlists
- Date
- 1820
- Language
- English
- Subject
- Chestnut Street Theatre (Philadelphia, Pa.)
- Colman, George, 1762-1836. Battle of Hexham
- 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) ; 28.2 x 16.7 cm
- Publisher
- [Publisher not identified]
- Related Place
- United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
- Notes
- Printed area measures 26 x 13.8 cm.
- Performance date: February 28, 1820.
- Print Collection 8 copy is box 21A no. 83 in a collection of playbills housed together.
- Print Collection 8 copy imperfect: torn at bottom, with significant loss of text.
- 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. 83
- Rights
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
- Resource Type
- Text
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