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Playbill advertising a performance of The Clandestine Marriage at the Theatre Royal, Edinburgh
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Title:
The Clandestine Marriage |
The Deaf Lover (subperformance)
The Forty Thieves (subperformance)
The School for Scandal (subperformance)
Bon Ton (subperformance)
The Busy Body (subperformance)
Guy Mannering (subperformance)
performer: Mr Farren
performer: Mr Abbott
playwright: George Colman, the Elder
playwright of 'The School for Scandal': Richard Brinsley Sheridan
playwright of 'The Busy Body': Susannah Centlivre
author of 'Guy Mannering': Sir Walter Scott
composer of 'Guy Mannering': Henry Bishop
playwrights of 'The Forty Thieves': George Colman, the Younger and Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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Location:
Theatre Royal, Shakespere Square, Edinburgh |
date of performance: 18 August 1819 |
Notes:
Many of these playbills have manuscript annotations concerning the performance as it actually took place. The note here reveals that the promised performance of 'The Forty Thieves' never actually happened. |
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