This broadside is for Mazeppa, or the Firey Untamed Rocking Horse and Spitfire, both starring Joseph Jefferson.  This bill was performed for a run ending on February 9th, 1868, at the Varieties Theatre on Gravier street in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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content: Phillip Graneto Broadway Theater Collection / Series 2: Varieties Theatre (New Orleans, Louisiana)
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content: 1868
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content: The earliest form of Mazeppa is a poem by Lord Byron about a young man named Mazeppa who falls in love with a married woman.  When her husband finds out about their affair, he has Mazeppa tied to the back of a horse.  In 1830, it was adapted by Henry H. Milner, who changed the story. In his version Mazeppa's love is unmarried, but her father disapproves (though his punishment remains the same).  In both versions, Mazeppa survives, but in the play he comes back for vengeance and is reunited with his love.  The version that Jefferson performed was a burlesque based on the play, not on the poem.  Jefferson also originated the starring role of this burlesque.  In some versions of this play a live horse is used, though it is not known if a live horse was used for this production.   Spitfire by John Maddison Morton is a farce of mistaken identity, where a man is mistaken for a captain of a ship, and then is forced to actually act as the ship's captain.