Details

Subject(s)

• Murphy, Arthur 1727-1805—Grecian daughter [Browse]
• Young, Charles Mayne 1777-1856 [Browse]
• Conway, William Augustus 1789-1828 [Browse]
• Abbott, William 1789-1843 [Browse]
• O'Neill, Eliza 1791-1872 [Browse]
• Kenney, James 1780-1849—Fortune of war! [Browse]
• Mathews, Charles 1776-1835 [Browse]
• Liston, John 1776-1846 [Browse]
• Davenport, Mary Ann 1759-1843 [Browse]
• Foote, Maria 1797?-1867 [Browse]

Rare books genre

• Playbills [Browse]
• Broadsides [Browse]

Notes

• Entertainment described: The Grecian daughter (by Arthur Murphy, tragedy).
• Entertainment described: The fortune of war! (by Kenney, farce); notes: Playing for the 6th time.
• Event described occurred: Theatre Royal, Covent-Garden, [London], 1815.05.23.
• Title from item.
• Partial cast list for The Grecian daughter: Mr. Young (Evander); Mr. Conway (Dionysius); Mr. Abbott (Phocion); Miss O'Neill (Euphrasia)
• Partial cast list for The fortune of war: Mr. Abbott; Mr. Mathews; Mr. Liston; Mrs. Davenport; Miss Foote.
• Includes announcements of performances at Covent Garden for the following week--including appearances by Eliza O'Neill--together with the names of some cast members scheduled to appear.
• Princeton copy 2 measures 30 x 15 cm.

With

is mounted onto a sheet measuring 32 x 20 cm; on the other side of this sheet is mounted: [Playbill of Theatre Royal, Covent-Garden, 1815, announcing Comus, The fortune of war! and Zembuca ; or, The net-maker and his wife etc.]. London [England] : E. Macleish, 1815.

Provenance

• Princeton copy 1 has the ink stamp of the William Seymour Theatre Collection and the name ''King'' written in graphite on the verso.
• Princeton copy 2 has the ink stamp of the William Seymour Theatre Collection in the right margin of the backing paper.

Other title(s)

• Grecian daughter.
• Fortune of war.

Text begins

• Theatre Royal, Covent-Garden. This present Tuesday, May 23, 1815, will be acted (4th time) the tragedy of The Grecian daughter

OCLC

811444940

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