Benefit of the Fair for the Soldiers' and Sailors' Home. : The Typographical Dramatic Association have the honor to announce a grand performance at the Academy of Music, on Saturday ev'ng, Sept. 16, 1865, on which extraordinary occasion they will be assis
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Benefit of the Fair for the Soldiers' and Sailors' Home The Typographical Dramatic Association have the honor to announce a grand performance at the Academy of Music, on Saturday ev'ng, Sept. 16, 1865, on which extraordinary occasion they will be assisted by the Philadelphia Saengerbund, ... An engagement has also been effected with the Germania Orchestra, ... The proceeds of this great exhibition will be handed over to the managers of the Soldiers' and Sailors Home, of Philadelphia, for the benefit of the fair to be held in October, ... The bill for the evening will consist of J. Sheridan Knowles' beautiful play of The wife: a tale of Mantua. ... Price of admission, 50 cents. Family circle and amphitheatre, 25 cents. Doors open at 7 o'clock. Performance commences quarter to 8 precisely. Box sheets now open at Chas. W.A. Trumpler's Music Store, S.E. corner Seventh and Chesnut, and at the Academy of Music
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Head-piece shows a disabled soldier and a disabled sailor flanking a sick room scene., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator
Typographical Dramatic Association
Date
[1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1865 Typo (1)5781.F.35a (McAllister)
Christmas entertainment of the 28th Regiment, Penna. Vol's. (Col. John W. Geary,) : at Camp Goodman, Point of Rocks, Md. Stage manager, Lieut. Thos. H. Elliott. Acting do. Lieut. Gilbert L. Parker. Leader of orchestra, Lieut. J.G. Warwick. Ethiopian direc
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Christmas entertainment of the 28th Regiment, Penna. Vol's. (Col. John W. Geary,) at Camp Goodman, Point of Rocks, Md. Stage manager, Lieut. Thos. H. Elliott. Acting do. Lieut. Gilbert L. Parker. Leader of orchestra, Lieut. J.G. Warwick. Ethiopian director, Corp. Wm. Roberts, Jr. Programme. Afternoon at three o'clock
Description
The 28th Infantry Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteers was organized in June 1861 and mustered out July 18, 1865. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, v. 1, p. 418, and F.H. Taylor, Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865, p. 57., The Geary Thespian Corps of the 28th Regiment held its third performance Jan. 21, 1862 and its fourth performance Feb. 22, 1862, both at Camp Goodman; James L. Warwick, band leader, mustered out Sept. 9, 1862., Imprint from colophon., Last page blank., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator
Geary Thespian Corps
Date
[1861]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1861 Geary (2)5786.F.143b (McAllister)
Third entertainment of the Geary Thespian Corps, of the 28th Regiment, Penn, Vol's, (Col. John W. Geary,) : at Camp Goodman, Point of Rocks, Md. on the evening of January 21st, 1862, at six o'clock. ... The drama, in two acts, of The last man, or The mise
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Third entertainment of the Geary Thespian Corps, of the 28th Regiment, Penn, Vol's, (Col. John W. Geary,) at Camp Goodman, Point of Rocks, Md. on the evening of January 21st, 1862, at six o'clock. ... The drama, in two acts, of The last man, or The miser of Eltham Green. ... To conclude with The Toodles
Description
The 28th Infantry Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteers was organized in June 1861 and mustered out July 18, 1865. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, v. 1, p. 418, and F.H. Taylor, Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865, p. 57., Printed area, including ornamental border, measures 23.8 x 10.6 cm., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator
Geary Thespian Corps
Date
[1862]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1862 Geary (2)5786.F.144b (McAllister)
The fourth entertainment of the Geary Thespian Corps, of the 28th Regiment, Penn'a Vol's, (Col. John W. Geary,) : will be given in commemoration of Washington's birth-day, at Camp Goodman, Point of Rocks, Md. on Saturday evening, February 22, 1862, (or if
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The fourth entertainment of the Geary Thespian Corps, of the 28th Regiment, Penn'a Vol's, (Col. John W. Geary,) will be given in commemoration of Washington's birth-day, at Camp Goodman, Point of Rocks, Md. on Saturday evening, February 22, 1862, (or if inclement, on the first fair evening) at six o'clock. ... The drama, in three acts, of Don Caesar de Bazan. ... The farce of Turning the tables. ... Ethiopian melange. ... Concluding with a grand national tableau vivante, by members of the corps. Introducing Vive l'America, by the band. The principal dresses used in Don Caesar de Bazan, have been kindly loaned the regiment by S. Samuels Sanford, Esq., of Sanford's Opera House, Philadelphia, to whom the corps is much indebted
Description
The 28th Infantry Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteers was organized in June 1861 and mustered out July 18, 1865. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, v. 1, p. 418, and F.H. Taylor, Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865, p. 57., Printed area, including ornamental border, measures 31.6 x 11.6 cm., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator
Geary Thespian Corps
Date
[1862]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1862 Geary (2)5786.F.144a (McAllister)
Ford's Theatre Tenth Street, above E. Season II. Week XXXI. Night 196 Whole number of nights, 495. : John T. Ford proprietor and manager (also of Holliday St. Theatre, Baltimore, and Academy of Music, Phil'a.) Stage manager J.B. Wright Treasurer H. Clay F
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Ford's Theatre Tenth Street, above E. Season II. Week XXXI. Night 196 Whole number of nights, 495 John T. Ford proprietor and manager (also of Holliday St. Theatre, Baltimore, and Academy of Music, Phil'a.) Stage manager J.B. Wright Treasurer H. Clay Ford Friday evening, April 14th, 1865 Benefit! and last night of Miss Laura Keene the distinguished manageress, authoress and actress, supported by John Dyott and Harry Hawk. Tom Taylor's celebrated eccentric comedy, as originally produced in America by Miss Keene, and performed by her upwards of one thousand nights, entitled Our American cousin ... Patriotic song and chorus "Honor to our soldiers." ... Words by H.B. Phillips; music composed and arranged by Prof. William Withers, Jr.; ... Saturday evening, April 15, benefit of Miss Jennie Gourlay when will be presented Bourcicault's great sensation drama, The octoroon Easter Monday, April 17, engagement of the young American tragedian, Edwin Adams for twelve nights only
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Playbill for Our American cousin the night of Lincoln's assassination., Library Company copy imperfect: wanting all before "Season II."; inscribed: This programme was picked up by me in the private box of Mr. Lincoln, on the night of the assassination. F.L. Sarmiento; originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator
Ford's Theatre (Washington, D.C.)
Date
[1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare PB Wash Ford 1865 5792.F.95b (McAllister)