For the benefit of Miss Cushman and Miss Susan Cushman and their last appearance. On Friday, March 12, 1847, will be performed Shakespeare's celebrated play of the Twelfth Night or What you Will... To conclude with the last two acts of the drama (according to the Arrangement of Miss Cushman) of Guy Mannering.... On Monday next, will be produced a nautical Drama, of intense Interest, by Mr. T. Higgie, entitled 'Laid Up in Port; or, Sharks Along Shore.' On Tuesday, Bellini's grand Opera of 'La Sonnambula' ... To conclude with 'The Dream at Sea.' For the Benefit of the Misses Kenneth ... Lessee, Mercer H. Simpson ...

For the benefit of Miss Cushman and Miss Susan Cushman and their last appearance. On Friday, March 12, 1847, will be performed Shakespeare's celebrated play of the Twelfth Night or What you Will... To conclude with the last two acts of the drama (according to the Arrangement of Miss Cushman) of Guy Mannering.... On Monday next, will be produced a nautical Drama, of intense Interest, by Mr. T. Higgie, entitled 'Laid Up in Port; or, Sharks Along Shore.' On Tuesday, Bellini's grand Opera of 'La Sonnambula' ... To conclude with 'The Dream at Sea.' For the Benefit of the Misses Kenneth ... Lessee, Mercer H. Simpson ...

Birmingham : Frederick Turner, 1847.

1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 49.7 x 20 cm

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Great Britain -- England.

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From dealer's description: Some light browning, four small paper repairs, not affecting text. A performance of Twelfth Night, in which the American actresses Charlotte and Susan Cushman play Viola and Olivia, respectively. The Cushman sisters acted in a time when ‘longstanding anti-theatrical prejudice called into question the respectability of women who pursued careers as actresses ... [who] were regarded less favourably than women literary critics or writers, acts women could perform within their own domestic space’ (Great ShakespeareansVII, 134). The sisters became famous for playing the parts of Romeo and Juliet as a duo, and Charlotte would gain accolades for her portrayal of Hamlet, Lady Macbeth, and other major Shakespearean characters over the years, as well as attention for her tempestuous romantic relationships the sculptors Harriet Hosmerand Emma Stebbins.

Ordered from Simon Beattie, D 9328, 2019-07-24, Shakespeare and the Stage July 2019, item 24.1.