At the Old Theatre near the Capitol, By the Virginia Company of Comedians, will be presented on Friday, the 13th of May, A Comedy, called The Constant Couple, Or A Trip to the Jubilee ... [12 lines of performance information] ... Between the 1st and 2d Acts a Prologue, in the Character of a Country Boy ... After the 2d Act a Dance, called the Coopers ... After the 3d Act a Cantata ... And in, the 5th Act a Minuet ... After Play a Hornpipe, by Mr. Godwin. To which will be added a Farce, called The Miller of Mansfield... [11 lines of performance information].

Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

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Title

At the Old Theatre near the Capitol, By the Virginia Company of Comedians, will be presented on Friday, the 13th of May, A Comedy, called The Constant Couple, Or A Trip to the Jubilee ... [12 lines of performance information] ... Between the 1st and 2d Acts a Prologue, in the Character of a Country Boy ... After the 2d Act a Dance, called the Coopers ... After the 3d Act a Cantata ... And in, the 5th Act a Minuet ... After Play a Hornpipe, by Mr. Godwin. To which will be added a Farce, called The Miller of Mansfield... [11 lines of performance information].

Date

[1768]

Extent

1 sheet ([1] page) : coat of arms ; 33.8 x 23.2

Description

[Williamsburg, Va. : William Rind, 1768]

At head of title: "By Permission of the Worshipful Mayor of Williamsburg, (For the Benefit of Mrs. Osborne)"

Printed in red and black.

"Tickets to be had of Mrs. Osborne, at Mrs. Rathells' Store, and at the Door, of the Theatre."

Mrs. Rathell was Catherine Rathell, milliner of Williamsburg, Virginia.

The Playbill is torn at the bottom affecting some text.

The date of the performance has been changed by hand: "Friday" has been crossed out and "Wednesday" added; "13th" has been crossed out and "18th" added.

These performances were advertised in William Rind's Virginia Gazette for May 12, 1768 and Purdie and Dixon's Virginia Gazette of the same date. Both papers give the date of the performance as Wednesday, May 18th.

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Playbill Collection

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Virginia Company of Comedians, “At the Old Theatre near the Capitol, By the Virginia Company of Comedians, will be presented on Friday, the 13th of May, A Comedy, called The Constant Couple, Or A Trip to the Jubilee ... [12 lines of performance information] ... Between the 1st and 2d Acts a Prologue, in the Character of a Country Boy ... After the 2d Act a Dance, called the Coopers ... After the 3d Act a Cantata ... And in, the 5th Act a Minuet ... After Play a Hornpipe, by Mr. Godwin. To which will be added a Farce, called The Miller of Mansfield... [11 lines of performance information].,” Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, accessed April 27, 2024, https://cwfjdrlsc.omeka.net/items/show/578.

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