Theater playbill for Mr. E. Eddy in "The Dead Heart" at the Washington Theater, December 21, 1860
Contributors: Phillips, Watts, 1825-1874; Polkinhorn's Steam Printing Office; Washington Theatre (Washington, D.C. : 19th century); Theater Playbills and Programs Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Polkinhorn's Steam Job Printing Office, D. street, bet. 6th & 7th sts.
Published: 1860
Place of publication: [Washington, D.C.]
Language: eng
Subjects: Drama; History
Other titles: Dead Heart; Benefit of the favorite American actor Mr. E. Eddy when will be produced for the first time in this city, the great sensation drama of "The Dead Heart"; Lettre de cachet.; Duel to the death.; Guillotine.
Description: Washington Theater. Lessee S.W. Glenn, stage manager Mr. Humphrey Bland ... Benefit of the favorite American actor Mr. E. Eddy when will be produced for the first time in this city, the great sensation drama of "The Dead Heart" ... Most intense and thrilling in the language! Exhibiting the fearful horrors of the Bastile, the horrible bread riots of Paris, the Revolution and its attendant spirit, the Guillotine. Truly called the Assassin's red right hand! Mr. E. Eddy will appear as Robert Landry, the Artiste, the Representative, and Cato, the Censor, supported by a superb cast. Friday Evening, Dec'r 21, '60 ...
Notes: Title devised by Library staff from item.

Cast: Lettre de cachet: The Count St. Valerie: Mr. J. Boyd, The Abbe Latour: Mr. L.P. Roys, Robert Landry: Mr. E. Eddy, artists and students: Jacques Legrand, Reboul, Michel, Jean, Fouchon: Mr. O.B. Collins, Mr. Bartholomew, Mr. D. Ryan, Mr. Carrol, Mr. Jones, Toupet, Perruquier and Coiffeur: Mr. J.T. Raymond, Jocrisse, owner of the cabaret 'Les Trois Ecus"" Mr. J.O. Segton, Baptiste Duval: Mr. Bates, Marinet, officer of Gendarmes: Mr. Smith, Catharine Duval: Miss Alice Placide Mann, Cerisette: Miss Mary Shaw, Citizens, Gendarmes, &c., &c.

Cast: The dead heart: The Abbe Latour: Mr. L. P. Roys, Arthur St. Valerie, son of the Count of Valerie: Mr. J. Boyd, Jacques Legrand: Mr. O.B. Collins, Reboud: Mr. W.H. Bartholomew, Brutus Toupet "The Terror of Kings": Mr. J.T. Raymond, Robert Landry: Mr. E. Eddy, Jean: Mr. Carrol, Jocrisse: Mr. J.O. Sefton, Ferbras, a Blacksmith: Mr. Walton, Keralio, Crier: Mr. Mathews, Countess St. Valerie: Miss Alice Placide Mann, Rose, her attendant: Mrs. H. Bland, Cerisette: Miss Mary Shaw, Insurrectionists, Prisoners, &c. &c.

Cast: The Duel to the death: The Abbe Latour: Mr. L.P. Roys, Robert Landry, representative of the convention: Mr. E. Eddy, Jacques Legrand, Captain of Gendarmes: Mr. O.B. Collins, Reboul, a Corporal in the National Guard: Mr. W.H. Bartholomew, Jean, a Spy: Mr. Carrol, Arthur St. Valerie Mr. J. Boyd, Keralio, Crier: Mr. Mathews, Toupet, Jailor of the "Conciergerie" : Mr. J.T. Raymond, Countess St. Valerie: Miss Alice Placide Mann, Marie: Mrs. D. Ryan.

Cast: The Guillotine: Arthur St. Valerie: Mr. J. Boyd, Robert Landry, surnamed "Cato the Censor": Mr. E. Eddy, Jacques Legrand: Mr. O.B. Collins, Reboul: Mr. W.H. Bartholomew, Toupet: Mr. J.T. Raymond, Countess St. Valerie: Miss Alice Placide Mann, Cerisette, No. 55 of the Sectionaire: Miss Mary Shaw, Sectionaires, &c.

"Will shortly be produced 'The Corsican Brothers'."

LC copy printed on blue paper. Rehoused: 2014-12-23. Shelved in Oversize.

In: American theater programs of the late 19th and 20th centuries (Library of Congress).
Table of contents: title: Prologue. Paris, 1771: The Lettre de Cachet; title: The Drama. Act I, the Bastile, 1789; title: Act II: 1794. The Duel to the Death!; title: Act III. The Guillotine; title: Grand Final Tableau. The Place de Greve ... Destiny of the Dead Heart!