Philadelphia Theatre. Saturday Evening, December 4, 1819, Will be performed, (fourth time here) a new Comedy, called Wanted a Wife! Or, a Checque on my Banker. Written by Mr. William Moncrief. Sir Wilful Wildfire, Mr. Francis. ... : After which, (fourth time here) a new Pathetic Melo Drama, (founded on the Tales of my Landlord) called The Heart of Mid-Lothian; Or, the Lily of St. Leonards. Written by T. Dibdin, and performed upwards of ONe Hundred Nights the last season. With additional New Scenes, Dresses and Decorations. The Scenery designed and executed by Messrs. H. Warren, T. Reinagle and Assistants. John, Duke of Argyle, Mr. Hughes. ...
- Publication:
- [Philadelphia] : [publisher not identified], [1819]
- Format/Description:
- Book
1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) ; 25.8 x 18.2 cm - Series:
- Print Collection 8 ; box 21A no. 48.
Print Collection 8 ; box 21A no. 49. - Online:
- Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda)
https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3251fw17 - Status/Location:
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- Other Title:
- Wanted a Wife! or, a Checque on my Banker
Wanted a Wife!
Checque on my Banker
Heart of Mid-Lothian, or, the Lily of St. Leonards
Heart of Mid-Lothian
Lily of St. Leonards - Subjects:
- Chestnut Street Theatre (Philadelphia, Pa.).
Moncrieff, W. T. (William Thomas), 1794-1857. Wanted a wife, or, A checque on my banker.
Dibdin, Thomas, 1771-1841. Heart of Mid-Lothian, or, The lily of St. Leonard's.
Playbills -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Specimens.
Theaters -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Theaters.
Playbills.
Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. - Form/Genre:
- Specimens.
Broadsides.
Playbills.
Castlists. - Place of Publication:
- United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
- Notes:
- Printed area measures 23.1 x 13.2 cm.
Performance date: December 4, 1819. - Local notes:
- Print Collection 8 copy is box 21A no. 48 in a collection of playbills housed together.
Print Collection 8 copy 2 is box 21A no. 49 in a collection of playbills housed together. - Penn Chronology:
- 1819
- Cited in:
- Shaw & Shoemaker, 51932
- Contributor:
- Francis, William, 1756 or 1757-1826, actor.
Playbill and Program Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Philadelphia Theater Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania) - OCLC:
- 953029988