Grand classical & dramatic entertainment and change of performance by the celebrated African Roscius of the Theatres Royal, Drury Lane and Covent Garden.

Grand classical & dramatic entertainment and change of performance by the celebrated African Roscius of the Theatres Royal, Drury Lane and Covent Garden.

[Cork, Ireland] : Printed by W. Scraggs at "The Cork Printing Office," 39, Patrick-St., [1836]

1 sheet ; 44 x 28 cm

Playbill for Ira Aldridge’s tour of Ireland, with blanks to be filled in with local information.

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Ireland -- Cork, -- publication place.

272993 MS (3)

From dealer's description: "Single sheet playbill (440 x 280mm). New Temporary Theatre [in Killarney, supplied in manuscript], the space for the date of the performance has been left blank but the year is printed 1836. Printed by W. Scraggs, at “The Cork Printing Office”, 39 Patrick Street, [1836]. Lightly browned and with some off-setting, some neat fold lines but otherwise very fine. Details are provided of Aldridge’s celebrated career and tour of Ireland and he is advertised as playing Macbeth, Zanga in The Revenege. Or the Captive Moor and Mungo in The Paddlock."

Per dealer's description, previously bound in an extra-illustrated volume along with a letter and another playbill (now cataloged separately as 272993 MS (1) and 272993 MS (2), respectively). Ordered from Maggs Bros., D9769, 2024-09-13, email quote.

Purchase made possible by The B. F. Saul Rare Book Acquisitions Fund.

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