Theater playbill for benefit of Mr. C.B. Bishop in "Henry IV" and "To Oblige Benson" at the Baldwin Theatre, San Francisco, May 31, 1880
Contributors: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616; Taylor, Tom, 1817-1880; Baldwin Theatre (San Francisco, Calif.); Theater Playbills and Programs Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Francis, Valentine & Co., Theatrical Printing House, 517 Clay St.
Published: 1880
Place of publication: S.F. [San Francisco, Calif.]
Language: eng
Other titles: Henry IV; To oblige Benson
Description: The Baldwin Theatre, Thomas Maguire, manager, R.M. Eberle, stage manager. Grand gala night! Monday evening, May 31st, Decoration Day benefit of Mr. C.B. Bishop who will essay for the first time in this city, the character of Sir John Falstaff, in Shakespeare's historical tragedy "Henry IV, or, The Battle of Shrewsbury" ... the performance will conclude with the roaring farce, entitled "To Oblige Benson."
Notes: Title devised by Library staff from item.

Cast: Henry IV: Mr. James O'Neill, Mr. Lewis Morrison, Miss Berton, Mr. John Wilson, Mr. C.B. Bishop, Mr. E.N. Thayer, Mr. A.D. Bradley, Mr. J. Foster, Mr. James Tighe, Mr. Cormack, Mr. J. Ross, Mr. Henry Thompson, Mr. Charles J. Bishop, Mr. Jas. O. Barrows, Mr. Logan Paul, Mr. J. Williams, Mr. Barbour, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Storms, Miss Eleanor Carey, Mrs. Elizabeth Saunders.

Cast: To oblige Benson: Mr. A.D. Bradley, Mr. C.B. Bishop, Mr. John Wilson, Miss Virginia Thorne, Miss Jean Clara Walters.

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