Theater playbill for Maggie Mitchell in "The French Spy, or, The Fall of Algiers" and "Milly! The Maid with Milking Pail!" at the Washington Theatre, February 10, 1860
Contributors: Haines, John Thomas, 1799?-1843; 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: 1860
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Other titles: French Spy, or, The Fall of Algiers; French spy; Fall of Algiers; Milly! The maid with milking pail; For the benefit of Miss Maggie Mitchell
Description: Washington Theatre. Lessee, John T. Ford, stage manager, S.W. Glenn, leader of orchestra, Wm. Withers. Doors open at 7 o'clock. Overture commences at a quarter to 8. Curtain will rise at 8 o'clock precisely. A truly great bill for the benefit of Miss Maggie Mitchell when she will appear in four characters ... Friday evening, February 10, 1860. The performance will commence with the exciting military drama, in 3 acts, termed "The French Spy, or, The Fall of Algiers!" ... Overture: Orchestra. To conclude with the petite comedy, entitled "Milly! The Maid with Milking Pail!" ...
Notes: Title devised by Library staff from item.

Cast: French spy: French: Mathilde: Miss Maggie Mitchell, Henri St. Alme: Miss Maggie Mitchell, Arab Boy, with Dance: Miss Maggie Mitchell, Marshal Bourmont: Mr. Kemble, Col. De Courci: Mr. Barron, Major Didier: Mr. Sherwood, Tonie Banvarde: Mr. Robson, Sergeant Dubourg: Mr. Glenn, Officer: Van Osten, Md'me Dubourg: Mrs. C. Hill, Marie: Miss Morton, Estelle: Miss A. Hodges, Claire: Miss K. Hodges. Algerines: Ali Pacha: Mr. Dalton, Mohammed: Mr. Maginely, Murad: Mr. Wilson, Orasmin: Mr. Roach, Acbar: Mr. Sommers. Almees, Attendants, Soldiers, &c.

Cast: Milly: Milly: Miss Maggie Mitchell, with the original song, "The Maid of the Milking Pail!" Lord Philander: Mr. Kemble, Algernon: Mr. Barron, Diccon: Mr. Stuart Robson, Dorothy: Miss E. Harrison.

"In preparation, the celebrated contemporaneous comedy, by Tom Taylor of London, entitled 'Our American Cousin'."

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