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Playbill advertising a performance of Pizarro at the Theatre Royal, Edinburgh
Click to view larger image	Title: Pizarro
	Tale of Mystery (subperformance) Highland Fling (subperformance) Wonderful Comet (subperformance) playwright: Richard Brinsley Sheridan playwright of 'Tale of Mystery': Thomas Holcroft beneficiaries: Mess. Moreton and Forrest
	Location: Theatre Royal, Shakespere Square, Edinburgh
	date of performance: 30 November 1808
Notes: This is the earliest Theatre Royal playbill in this collection, recording a performance on November 13th 1807.


Playbill advertising a performance of Which is the Man? at the Theatre Royal, Edinburgh
Click to view larger image	Title: Which is the Man?
	The Navigators (subperformance) Rob Roy MacGregor; or, Auld Lang Syne (future performance) playwright: Hannah Cowley composers of 'Rob Roy MacGregor': John Davy and Henry Bishop author of 'Rob Roy': Sir Walter Scott
	Location: Theatre Royal, Shakespere Square, Edinburgh
	date of performance: 13 February 1819
Notes: At the foot of this playbill is an announcement for the first performance at the Theatre Royal of 'Rob Roy'. This adaptation of Sir Walter Scott's novel was to transform the theatre and to revitalise Scottish cultural life.


Playbill advertising a performance of Rob Roy MacGregor; or, Auld Lang Syne at the Theatre Royal, Edinburgh
Click to view larger image	Title: Rob Roy MacGregor; or, Auld Lang Syne
	The Forty Thieves (subperformance) The Falls of Clyde; or, The Gipsies of the Glen (future performance) composers of 'Rob Roy MacGregor': John Davy and Henry Bishop author of 'Rob Roy': Sir Walter Scott performer: Mr J. Johnstone
	Location: Theatre Royal, Shakespere Square, Edinburgh
	date of performance: 20 July 1819
Notes: Playbills often give details of the movement and activities of actors. Here, audiences are warned that because Mr Johnstone is unable to perform as expected, the theatre will put on another performance of 'Rob Roy'.


Playbill advertising a performance of The Clandestine Marriage at the Theatre Royal, Edinburgh
Click to view larger image	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
	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.


Playbill advertising a performance of Astronomical Lectures at the Theatre Royal, Edinburgh
Click to view larger image	Title: Astronomical Lectures
	Dioastrodoxon or transparent orrery (lecture aid) lecturer: Mr Lloyd
	Location: Theatre Royal, Shakespere Square, Edinburgh
	date of lecture: 3 November 1819
Notes: Instead of a play, this playbill advertises a lecture on astronomy, with an orrery or a model of the known universe.


Playbill advertising a performance of Astronomical Lectures at the Theatre Royal, Edinburgh
Click to view larger image	Title: Astronomical Lectures
	lecturer: Mr Lloyd publisher: R. Menzies
	Location: Theatre Royal, Shakespere Square, Edinburgh
	date of performance: 12 and 13 November 1819
Notes: Mr Lloyd's astronomical lectures were clearly popular, and this playbill advertises the fact that he has agreed to give some further lectures before returning to England.

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