Theater playbill for Mr. Edward Sothern in "The Flowers of the Forest" and "Who Poisoned Susan?" at Washington Theater, February 7, 1861
Contributors: Buckstone, John Baldwin, 1802-1879; 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: Flowers of the forest; Who poisoned Susan?; Triumphant success & overwhelming house to witness Mr. Sothern's wonderful impersonation of The Kinchen!
Description: Washington Theater. Lessee Mr. S.W. Glenn, acting manager Mr. J.T. Raymond ... Triumphant success & overwhelming house to witness Mr. Sothern's wonderful impersonation of The Kinchen! Received last evening with shouts of laughter and applause ... "Who Poisoned Susan?" The success of which was so great that the public demand a repetition. On  Thursday evening, February 7th, 1861 will be presented Buckstone's beautiful drama, entitled "The Flowers of the Forest" ... To conclude with the roaring farce of "Who Poisoned Susan?" ...
Notes: Title devised by Library staff from item.

Cast: Flowers of the forest: Kinchen, with song and dance: Mr. Sothern, Capt. Hugh Lavrock: Mr. Bartholomew, Alfred, his friend: Mr. Boyd, Leybourne: Mr. Carrol, Cheap John, a Traveling Auctioner: Mr. J. Parker, Mayfield: Mr. Walton, Gilbert, a Gamekeeper: Mr. Mathews, Lady Agnes: Mrs. Emery, Abagail: Mrs. Ryan, Nunmer: Mrs. Baker. Gipsies: The Italian Tribe: Ishmael, or the Wolf, a Zingara: Mr. L.P. Roys, Pharos, his companion: Mr. D. Ryan, Cynthia, a Zingara, Daughter of Ishmael: Miss Alice Placide Mann. Gipsies: The English Tribe: Lemuel, a Gipsy Boy, with Song and Dance: Mr. F.C. Bangs, Hagar, an old Gipsy: Mr. Deasel, Starlight Bess, Basket Maker, Fortune Teller, and Ballad Singer, with Song and Dance: Miss Mary Shaw.

Cast: Who poisoned Susan: Beeswing: [Mr. Sothern], Chutnee: Mr. Bartholomew, Arabella ..., Jacob Mutter: Mr. T.B. Baker, Dolly Mutter: ...

LC copy incomplete: portion of sheet on upper right and lower right torn away with significant loss of text. Rehoused: 2014-12-23. Shelved in Oversize.

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