Theater playbill for Joseph Jefferson in "Caleb Plummer" and "Slasher and Crasher" at Washington Theater, April 12, 1861
Contributors: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870; Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891; Polkinhorn's Steam Printing Office; Washington Theatre (Washington, D.C. : 19th century); Theater Playbills and Programs Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: H. Polkinhorn's Steam Job Press, D. street, near 7th
Published: 1861
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Other titles: Caleb Plummer; Slasher and Crasher; Benefit of Mr. Joseph Jefferson who will appear as Caleb Plummer ... and also as Slasher in the farce of Slasher & Crasher
Description: Washington Theater. Lessee Mr. S.W. Glenn, acting manager Mr. J.T. Raymond ... Benefit of Mr. Joseph Jefferson who will appear as Caleb Plummer as acted by him over 100 nights at the Winter Garden, New York, with the greatest success. And also as Slasher in the farce of "Slasher & Crasher." On Friday evening, April 12th, 1861 the entertainments will commence with a domestic drama, in 3 acts, entitled, "Caleb Plummer!" dramatized from Dickens' Christmas Story of "The Cricket on the Hearth" ... To conclude with the laughable farce of "Slasher and Crasher" ... In rehearsal, a new comedy, by Tom Taylor, entitled "Babes in the Woods" now being played with great success in London and New York.
Notes: Title devised by Library staff from item.

Cast: Caleb Plummer: Caleb Plummer: Mr. Joseph Jefferson, John Peerybingle: Mr. L.P. Roys, Tackleton: Mr. W.H. Bartholomew, Edward Plummer: Mr. J. Boyd, Dot: Miss Alice Placide Mann, Bertha: Mrs. Emery, Mrs. Fielding: Mrs. E. Mann, May Fielding: Mrs. H. Bland, Tilly Slowboy: Miss Mary Shaw.

Cast: Slasher and Crasher: Slasher: Mr. Joseph Jefferson, Crasher: Mr. W.H. Bartholomew, Blowhard: Mr. Bland, Lieut. Brown: Mr. Boyd, John: Mr. Walton, Dinah: Mrs. Mann, Rosa: Mrs. Emery.

LC copy rehoused: 2014-12-23. Shelved in Oversize.

In: American theater programs of the late 19th and 20th centuries (Library of Congress).