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Title

This evening, Thursday, July 31st, 1823, will be presented (for the fourth time) an entirely new romance of a particular interest, entitled Presumption! or, The fate of Frankenstein, with new scenes, dresses, and decorations, the music composed by Mr. Watson ... after which (fifth time in this theatre) the musical entertainment called A Roland for an Oliver ... to conclude with (fourth time this season) O'Keefe's musical entertainment, called The rival soldiers ... to-morrow (5th time) Presumption, with (32nd time) Gretna Green, and (2nd time) Where shall I dine? ... On Saturday, (6th time) Preseumption, with (2nd time this season) Amateurs and actors. On Monday, (7th time) Preseumption, with Fire and water, and The miller's maid.

Author

Lyceum Theatre (London, England)

Publication

[London : Theatre Royal, English Opera House, Strand, 1823]

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Details

Description

1 sheet; 34 x 21 cm

Summary

Broadside playbill for performances of R. B. Peake's Presumtion! (a dramatic adaptation of M. W. Shelley's Frankenstein), Thomas Morton's A Roland for an Oliver, and John O'Keeffe's Rival soldiers; also advertises performances of Charles Stuart's Gretna Green, J. Thomas G. Rodwell's Where shall I dine?, R. B. Peake's Amateurs and actors, Samuel Arnold's Fire and water, and J. F. Saville's The miller's maid.

Subjects

• Saville, John Faucit, 1783-1853 > Miller's maid
• Playbills
• Stuart, C (Charles), active 1777-1791 > Gretna Green
• Rodwell, J. Thomas G (James Thomas Gooderham), -1825 > Where shall I dine?
• O'Keeffe, John, 1747-1833 > Rival soldiers
• Peake, Richard Brinsley, 1792-1847 > Amateurs and actors
• Arnold, Samuel, 1740-1802 > Fire and water
• Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851 > Frankenstein > Drama
• Morton, Thomas, 1764-1838 > Roland for an Oliver
• Broadsides
• Peake, Richard Brinsley, 1792-1847 > Presumption!

Genre/Form

• Playbills.
• Broadsides.

Note

• At head of sheet: "Fourth time. Theatre Royal, English Opera House, Strand. The breathless interest nightly excited in crowded audiences by the performance of Preseumption: or, The fate of Frankenstein, and the unimpeachable moral of its design, together with the new and striking effects produced, has already established the new piece as one of the most decided and attractive favourites ever brought forward. The whole of the audience part of the house has been embellished with new and splendid decorations."

Call Number

Pforz (FF. Broadsides. 0084)

OCLC

927152878

Author

Lyceum Theatre (London, England)

Title

This evening, Thursday, July 31st, 1823, will be presented (for the fourth time) an entirely new romance of a particular interest, entitled Presumption! or, The fate of Frankenstein, with new scenes, dresses, and decorations, the music composed by Mr. Watson ... after which (fifth time in this theatre) the musical entertainment called A Roland for an Oliver ... to conclude with (fourth time this season) O'Keefe's musical entertainment, called The rival soldiers ... to-morrow (5th time) Presumption, with (32nd time) Gretna Green, and (2nd time) Where shall I dine? ... On Saturday, (6th time) Preseumption, with (2nd time this season) Amateurs and actors. On Monday, (7th time) Preseumption, with Fire and water, and The miller's maid.

Publisher

[London : Theatre Royal, English Opera House, Strand, 1823]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

sheet

Local Note

Pforzheimer copy: In white envelope.

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Research Call Number

Pforz (FF. Broadsides. 0084)