Theater playbill for Mr. Edward Sothern in "Our American Cousin at Home" at the Washington Theater, February 4, 1861
Contributors: Sothern, Edward Askew, 1826-1881, actor; Polkinhorn's Steam Printing Office; Washington Theatre (Washington, D.C. : 19th century); Theater Playbills and Programs Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: H. Polkinhorn's Steam Job Press, D. street, near 7th.
Published: 1861
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Other titles: Our American cousin at home; Crowded houses to witness Mr. Sothern's wonderful rendition of Lord Dundreary and his brother Sam in Gaylor's comedy of Our American Cousin at Home, or, Dundreary Abroad; Dundreary abroad
Description: Washington Theater. Lessee, Mr. S.W. Glenn, acting manger: Mr. J.T. Raymond, stage manager, Mr. Humphrey Bland ... Where's Binny? Where's Binny? Unprecedented success. Crowded houses to witness Mr. Sothern's wonderful rendition of Lord Dundreary and his brother Sam in Gaylor's comedy of "Our American Cousin at Home, or, Dundreary Abroad." Great skating scene! Every lady and gentleman in the theater as skates. Sam Polka, composed and respectfully dedicated to Mr. E. Sothern by Mr. Wm. Withers, Jr. ... Monday evening, Feb. 4, 1861 will be presented Charles Gaylor's successful comedy, entitled "Our American Cousin at Home" written expressly for Mr. Sothern, by Charles Gaylor, Esq ... Entire new scenery and a panorama of the Hudson River, painted by Messrs. James Lamb and Joseph Parker ...
Notes: Title devised by Library staff from item.

Cast: Our American cousin at home: Lord Dundreary, on his travels in America, with a realizing sense of his deficiencies, a strong resolution to reform, and an idea that he can sing, The Hon. Samuel Plantagenet Albert Triptolemus Rosslyn, Dundreary's younger brother, sadly afflicted with the family complaint, and addicted to Dye: Mr. Sothern, Asa Trenchard, married and settled, at home, proprietor of the Anchor Mills, and Justice of Peace: Mr. J.T. Raymond, Abel Murcott, formerly Steward to Sir Edward Trenchard, at present Confidential Clerk to Asa: Mr. L.P. Roys, Binny, formerly Butler to Sir Edward, but at present "My Lord's Hone Man" with a sovereign contempt for the the letter H, and "this blasted country," (his first appearance): Mr. J. Parker, Old Coyle, Family Steward to Sir Edward, an unscrupulous old villain: Mr. D. Ryan, Chilwell, a tool of Coyle's and assistant to Abel Murcott: Mr. J.W. Carrol, Uncle Pete, antiquated Negro servant, remarkably dark for his size: Mr. H. Bland, Asa Trenchard, Jr., the image of his father, and a sprightly specimen of Young America: Miss Coombes, Pat Maginnis, a Candid Candy Man: Mr. T.B. Baker, Bim and Ike Thugg, two thieves: Mr. Porter and ---, Bill Flimsey, another of the same set, with an original song: Mr. W.H. Bartholomew, Tom Allsorts, Proprietor of a "Cracksmen's Crib": Mr. Wheeler, Renard, a New York Detective: Mr. Mathews, Mary Trenchard, nee Mary Meredith, Asa's wife, with a heart full of love and a head full of sense: Mrs. H. Bland, Susie Trenchard, Asa's sister, just from boarding school, a genuine Yankee girl with no nonsense about her: Miss Mary Shaw, Edith Talofrd, Susie's friend and schoolmate, with a weakness for Samuel Plantagenet: Mrs. Emery, Bridget McMackerel, a demonstrative Native American: Mrs. E. Mann, Hackmen, Pedlars, Newsboys, Travelers, Ladies and Gentlemen.

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