Theater playbill for Mr. Joseph Jefferson in "Paul Pry" and "Mazeppa, or, The Fiery, Untamed Rocking Horse" at the Washington Theater, March 19, 1861
Contributors: Poole, John, 1786?-1872; Byron, Henry J. (Henry James), 1835-1884; Washington Theatre (Washington, D.C. : 19th century); Polkinhorn's Steam Printing Office; Theater Playbills and Programs Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: H. Polkinhorn's Steam Job Press, D st. near 7th
Published: 1861
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Other titles: Paul Pry; Mazeppa, or, The Fiery, Untamed Rocking Horse; Mazeppa; Fiery, untamed rocking horse; Second night of the celebrated American comedian Mr. Joseph Jefferson
Description: Washington Theater! Lessee, Mr. S.W. Glenn, acting manger: Mr. J.T. Raymond ... Second night of the celebrated American comedian Mr. Joseph Jefferson who will appear in his renowned impersonations of Paul Pry, and the comic burlesque of Mazeppa. Tuesday ev'g, March 19, 1861 will be presented the delightful comedy of "Paul Pry" ... The performance will conclude with the Operatic, Melo-Dramatic and Terpsichorean Extravagantic Burlesque, entitled "Mazeppa, or, The Fiery, Untamed Rocking Horse!" ... In rehearsal, the great spectacular drama, entitled "The Sea of Ice" ...
Notes: Title devised by Library staff from item.

Cast: Paul Pry: Paul Pry: Mr. Joseph Jefferson, Col Hardy: Mr. H. Bland, Harry Stanley: Mr. C. Barton Hill, Frank Hardy: Mr. W.H. Bartholomew, Witherton: Mr. D. Ryan, Doubledot: Mr. T.B. Baker, Simon: Mr. Carroll, Eliza: Mrs. Bland, Phoebe: Miss Mary Shaw, Mrs. Subtle: Mrs. D. Ryan.

Cast: Mazeppa: Mazeppa, alias Cassimer, a page of Mystery, an ambitious, lowering and aspiring boy, with a soul far above his buttons: Mr. Joseph Jefferson, Abder Khan: Mr. J.T. Raymond, Count Premislaus: Mr. J. Boyd, Laurinska: Mr. W.H. Bartholomew, Thamar: Mr. D. Ryan, Zemba: Mr. Sherwood, Kadac: Mr. Walton, Koscar: Mr. Carrol, Rudzloff: Mr. Morton, Drolinsko: Mr. T.B. Baker, Olinska: Miss Mary Shaw, Zemila: Mrs. H. Bland, Oneiza; Mrs. D. Ryan.

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