Fourth Night of the Engagement of the celebrated Tragedian, Mr. Charles Pitt. On Thursday, November 27th, 1856, Shakspere's Tragedy, Richard III. Or the Battle of Bosworth Field... To conclude with the screaming Farce of Twenty Minutes with a Tiger... In Preparation, on a Scale far surpassing any former Attempt, the most magnificent and Expensive Christmas Spectacle ever produced in this Establishment...
1856
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Title
Fourth Night of the Engagement of the celebrated Tragedian, Mr. Charles Pitt. On Thursday, November 27th, 1856, Shakspere's Tragedy, Richard III. Or the Battle of Bosworth Field... To conclude with the screaming Farce of Twenty Minutes with a Tiger... In Preparation, on a Scale far surpassing any former Attempt, the most magnificent and Expensive Christmas Spectacle ever produced in this Establishment...
Created/published
Plymouth : Keys, Typesetter, 1856.
Description
1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 37.8 x 26 cm
Corporate author
Theatre Royal Plymouth.
Note
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Genre/form
Playbills.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England.
Item Details
Call number
FAST ACC 271222 (flat)
Folger-specific note
From dealer's description: Some light browning and wear to edges. A production of Richard III performed with the overture to Weber’s Der Freischütz.Charles Pitt and his wife, the actress Ellen Coveney, had been playing roles together in various provincial productions since at least 1853 in a short run at the Queen’s Theatre in Manchester. Ordered from Simon Beattie, D 9328, 2019-07-24, Shakespeare and the Stage July 2019, item 24.6.