https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/50709/archive/files/57a7ba6566d5673afce03123bf6fb07e.jpg?Expires=1790208000&Signature=mIy7KeAqly-DDkSnMnEiYq40tXuVKTpXZXEe2LCnspEi5CylauSl2HRyufcxUuWf%7EtcA0gtLnzt10h-x663w65XaMPgCI2792FzDP2z%7EPtSvJroB6b6020W3Yrb7nxAgGK1J7ZhMwznB9hC7VuE8OR9BflC5FKukdOuIqbuw9JJvwfKseJtoGNGdp1bAryXHWOFzgqvu5GW%7EkjfL1RIhQBJPyFaPtV-nHbxjLBH6MVipaRIHxPASCowzpjuXPgry7oMp%7EPA5sosRVpY9P9jlNryu%7Ewn9A6QP3LN1mZYsaUpaoVMzEBqAKS9WD%7ERjrkd0DXYg2pjSBcn6x1pMcTaujA__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 82d85f9d8521a9ff54ddf87f844da768 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Playbill Collection Description An account of the resource Original printed and manuscript playbills for plays performed in Williamsburg, Fredericksburg, and Suffolk, VA; New Bern, Fayetteville, and Edenton, NC; and Providence, Rhode Island. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MS1990.2 Language A language of the resource English Subject The topic of the resource Playbills Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MS1990.2.2 Title A name given to the resource At the old Theatre near the Capitol, by the Virginia Company of Comedians, on Friday, being the 15th instant (April) will be presented a tragedy, called The Orphan, or The Unhappy Marriage ... [10 lines listing performance information] ... after the play a comic dance, called the Bedlamites ... [3 lines listing performance information] ... To which will be added (the second night) a pantomime entertainment, in which will be introduced a new scene, not before presented, called Harlequin Skeleton, or The Burgomaster Trick'd ... [8 lines listing performance information] Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource [1768] Bibliographic Citation A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible. Johnson, Odai and William J. Burling. <em>The Colonial American Stage : a Documentary Calendar</em>. Madison : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, ©2001, page 309 Hummel, Ray Orvin. <em>Southeastern Broadsides Before 1877 : a Bibliography</em>. Richmond : Virginia State Library, 1971. Entry 2992. <a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/20090709">Edwin Wolf, "Colonial American Playbills," <em>The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography</em> 97, 1 (January 1973).</a> Description An account of the resource <p>[Williamsburg, Virginia : William Rind?, 1768].</p> <p>At head of title: "By Permission of the Worshipful the Mayor of Williamsburg",</p> <p>These performances were advertised in William Rind's <a href="https://research.colonialwilliamsburg.org/DigitalLibrary/va-gazettes/VGSinglePage.cfm?issueIDNo=68.R.12&amp;page=2&amp;res=LO"><em>Virginia Gazette</em> for April 14, 1768</a>.</p> Subject The topic of the resource Virginia Company of Comedians Otway, Thomas, |d 1652-1685. Orphan Harlequins Skeleton, or, The Burgomaster trick'd Theater--Virginia--Williamsburg Cast lists--Virginia--Williamsburg--18th century. rbgenr Playbills--Virginia--Williamsburg--18th century. rbgenr Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Rind, William, 1733-1773, printer Language A language of the resource English Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Virginia Company of Comedians Extent The size or duration of the resource. 1 sheet ([1] page) ; 31.2 x 19.6 cm