Theater playbill for John Brougham in "Columbus el Filibustero" and "A Gentleman from Ireland" at the Washington Theatre, March 30, 1858
Contributors: Brougham, John, 1810-1880; O'Brien, Fitz James, 1828-1862; Polkinhorn's Steam Printing Office; Washington Theatre (Washington, D.C. : 19th century); Theater Playbills and Programs Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Polkinhorn's Steam Printing Office, D street, bet. 6th & 7th sts.
Published: 1858
Place of publication: [Washington, D.C.]
Language: eng
Subjects: Drama
Other titles: Columbus el Filibustero; Gentleman from Ireland; Second night of the re-engagement of Mr. Jno. Brougham. Columbus a great hit! The Kansas Question settled; Most unwarrantable intrusion.
Description: Washington Theatre. Lessee Mr. Stuart ... Second night of the re-engagement of Mr. Jno. Brougham. Columbus a great hit! The Kansas Question settled. Thursday evening, March 30th, '58 will be presented for the 2nd time in this city Brougham's last new and audaciously original histoical plagiaristic, ante-national, pre-patriotic, and orni-local confusion of circumstances, running through two acts and four centuries, entitled "Columbus el Filibustero! ... previous to the burlesque, will be performed an original two-act comedy entitled "A Gentleman from Ireland" ...
Notes: Title devised by Library staff from item.

Cast: Columbus el filibustero: Ferdinand, King of Arragon: Mr. Dunn, Juan Roderigues de Fonseca: Mr. Whiting, Fernando de Talavera: Mr. Howard, Luis de St. Angel: Mr. Jones, Alonzo De Quintanella: Jackson, Don Christoval Colon, alias Columbus: John Brougham, Diego: Mrs. Stoneall, Vasco Nunez: Mr. Moxley, Hernando Cortez: Mr. Sommers, Amerigo Vespucci: Mr. Smith, Ponce de Leon: Mr. Tomkins, Sancho Ruis: Mr. Russell, Pedro Nino: Mr. Tree, Bartolomeo: Mr. J. Whiting, Juan Perez: Mr. Brady, &c., &c.: Robinson, Isabella: Miss Tree, Columbia: Mrs. Sloan, Little Miss Kansas: Miss Constitution. All sorts of elements: New York: Miss Hall, Pennsylvania: Miss Smith, Virginia: Miss Rodgers, North Carolina: Miss Jones, Connecticut: Miss Tompkins, Vermont: Miss Dubois, Washington: Miss Jerome, Massachusetts: Miss Nixon, Marland: Miss Le Brun, New Jersey: Miss Wright, New Hampshire: Miss Logan, Rhode Island: Miss Seacore, Washington: Mr. F. Bangs.

Cast: Gentleman from Ireland: Mr. Gerald Fitzmaurice: Mr. John Brougham, Mr. Clover: Mr. Whiting, Hugh Savage: Mr. Bangs, Charles Clover: Mr. Howard, Grip: Mr. Newton, John: Mr. Sommers, Agnes Clover: Mrs. John Sloan, Lucy: Mrs. Stoneall.

"To-morrow evening will be presented John Brougham's original five-act American comedy, entitled Romance and Reality" ...

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