Theater playbill for Miss Marion Macarthy and H.M.B. Macarthy in "The Hunchback" at the Worcester Dramatic Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts, September 14, 1853
Contributors: Macarthy, Marion, -1865, performer; Knowles, James Sheridan, 1784-1862; Worcester Dramatic Museum; Theater Playbills and Programs Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Printed by Chas. Hamilton, Palladium Office
Published: 1853
Place of publication: Worcester [Massachusetts]
Language: eng
Other titles: Hunchback
Description: Worcester Dramatic Museum! Lessees, Gates & Brown, acting & stage manager, J.G. Cartlich, proprietor, C.S. Davis. Unequalled entertainment! By especial request, last time of Bulwer's great play of "The Hunchback!!" as received on Thursday by the elite and beauty of the city of Worcester, with the highest encomiums of satisfaction & delight ... The popular cantatrice, Miss Marion Macarthy, having created a greater sensation than any vocalist who has ever appeared in this city, and even at this early period won a most enviable position in the hearts of her admirers!!! will appear every evening in a selection of choice songs, ballads, cavatinas &c., in conjunction with her brother, Young Macarthy! The Prince of Irish eccentrics. An immense play. Delightful singing and beautiful dancing!!! Wednesday evening, Sept. 14th, 1853, will be acted (by especial request and for the last time) the great play in 5 acts by Sheridan Knowles, as received on Thursday last with unqualified approbation, entitled "The Hunchback" ...
Notes: Title devised by Library staff from item.

Cast: Mr. J.W. Warwick, Sefton Parry, Macarthy, W.H. Leighton, C.S. Davis, H.C. Thompson, Mrs. Beissenherz, W.H. Howard, Den Thompson, Williams, Miss Lucy A. Cutler.

"The following new dramas have been received and are now in active rehearsal: Our Old Folks at Home by J.G. Blake, Esq., The Spirit of the Fountain by J. Stirling Coyne. The great play, in 5 acts, of Civilization, is in active preparation ..."

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