Theater playbill for Mr. J.M. Dawson in "She Stoops to Conquer" and "A Kiss in the Dark" at the Washington Theatre, April 7, 1858
Contributors: Goldsmith, Oliver, 1730?-1774; 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: Polkinhorn's Steam Printing Office, D street, bet. 6th & 7th sts.
Published: 1858
Place of publication: [Washington, D.C.]
Language: eng
Other titles: She stoops to conquer; Kiss in the dark; Last night of the present dramatic season. Benefit of the attaches of the establishment
Description: Washington Theatre. Lessee Mr. Stuart, Stage manager: Mr. S. Eytinge, prompter: Mr. T. Price ... Last night of the present dramatic season. Benefit of the attaches of the establishment. By unanimous request, will be repeated Goldsmith's charming five-act comedy of "She Stoops to Conquer! "With all its excellence of cast and general mounting. And Dawson's screaming farce of "A Kiss in the Dark." Wednesday Evening, April 7th, 1858, the performance will commence with the comedy of "She Stoops to Conquer" ... To conclude with the laughable afterpiece of "A Kiss in the Dark" ...
Notes: Title devised by Library staff from item.

Cast: She stoops to conquer: Tony Lumpkin: Mr. J.M. Dawson, Hardcastle: Mr. Whiting, Young Marlow: Mr. F. Bangs, Hastings: Mr. Carlton Howard, Sir Charles Marlow: Mr. Tree, Diggory: Mr. Russell, Jeremy: Mr. J. Whiting, Stingo: Mr. Newton, Mrs. Hardcastle: Mrs. H.P. Grattan, Miss Neville: Mrs. Stoneall, Miss Hardcastle: Mrs. Sloan.

Cast: A kiss in the dark: Selim Pettibone: Mr. J.M. Dawson, Frank Fathom: Mr. C. Howard, Mrs. Pettibone: Mrs. Stoneall, Mary: Miss Tree, Unknown female: Miss Cross.

"On Thursday and Friday the Theatre will be closed in order to prepare for the proper representation of the series of Italian Opera. The first performance of which will occur on Saturday evening, April 10th" ...

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