Theater playbill for "Time Tries All" and "Why Don't She Marry?" at the Washington Theater, October 24, 1861
Contributors: Rogers, Benjamin G., 1819 or 1820-1895, actor; Courtney, John, 1804-1865; Polkinhorn's Steam Printing Office; Washington Theater (Organization : Washington, D.C.); 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: Time tries all; Why don't she marry?; Poetry, Drama, Music. Continued success of Miss Susan Denin ... Second appearance of Miss Kate Ross, the charming comedienne and vocalist. Mr. Ben Rogers, the talented eccentric comedian
Description: Theater. Corner of C and 11th streets, near Pennsylvania avenue. Lessee: Mr. Humphrey Bland, Acting manager: Mr. Blennerhassett, Musical director: Mr. Sandy Jamieson ... Thursday. Poetry, Drama, Music. Continued success of Miss Susan Denin, the beautiful and popular American Actress. Second appearance of Miss Kate Ross, the charming comedienne and vocalist. Mr. Ben Rogers, the talented eccentric comedian ... Thursday evening, Oct. 24, 1861. The performance will commence with the comedy of "Time Tries All" ... Overture: Orchestra. Miss Susan Denin will, by general request, deliver an Address to the Union. To conclude with the farce of "Why Don't She Marry?" ... To-morrow Evening, Mr. Ben Rogers' Benefit. In preparation, and will shortly be produced, a musical patriotical and farcical sketch for the times, entitled "Our Volunteers" written expressly for this Theater, by T.B. DeWalden, Esq. ...
Notes: Title devised by Library staff from item.

Cast: Time tries all: Mr. Leeson: Mr. H. Bland, Mathew Bates: Mr. E.H. Brink, Tom Tact: Mr. B.G. Rogers, Hon. Collander Yawn: Mr. J.G. Boyd, Charles Clinton: Mr. D. Walton, Servant; Mr. Wilters, Laura Leeson: Miss Susan Denin, Fanny Fact: Mrs. H. Bland.

Cast: Why Don't She Marry?: Natz Tieck: Mr. B.G. Rogers, Corporal Max: Mr. J.G. Boyd, Lisette, in which she will Sing: Miss Kate Ross, Claudine: Miss A. Hodges, Annette: Miss K. Hodges.

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