Theater playbill for the Melodeon Opera Troupe in "The Shaksperean Dramatic Festival" at the Melodeon, Washington, D.C., week of February 8, 1858
Contributors: Warden, E. A.; Melodeon Opera Troupe (Washington, D.C.); Melodeon (Washington, D.C.); Theater Playbills and Programs Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: H. Polkinhorn, Printer
Published: 1858
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Subjects: Parodies, imitations
Other titles: Shaksperean dramatic festival; Eighth week of the Melodeon Opera Troupe. Comprising 12 star performers!
Description: Melodeon, late Coombs' Hall, Penn. av. near 10th st. Filled nightly with the elite & fashion. Immense success of the Valentine fairs. Eighth week of the Melodeon Opera Troupe, domprising 13 Star Performers! The Company will appear every evening during the week in new songs, dances, burlesques, pantomimes, and the terrific railroad explosion! With a change of programme nightly. Ho! for a Valentine. Ladies, remember. The Valentine Fairs now being given by the Melodeon Opera Troupe, during which will appear in the first part in white faces. 10000 Valentines of every description, worth from 6 cents to $5 each, will be presented to our patrons during the next two weeks ...To conclude with the original and laughable burlesque, written by E.A. Warden, entitled the "Shaksperean Dramatic Festival!" And finishing with the Railroad excursion and terrific smash up ...
Notes: Title devised by Library staff from item.

Cast: Shaksperean Dramatic Festival: The Dandy Exquisite: Frank Christopher, Richard III: J.K. Search, Macbeth: R.J. Buckley, Lady Macbeth: G. Wallace, Romeo: H.K. Johnson, Juliet: G. Wallace, Hamlet: D.C. Price, Othello: T. Stone, Ghost of Hamlet's Father, in a Sack -- Deacon Pompey Snowball, Master of Ceremonies: Frank Weston.

"In Rehearsal, Shaksperean Festival, and the Terric Railroad Explosion! Sam Patchieno will be reproduced on to-morrow evening".

In: American theater programs of the late 19th and 20th centuries (Library of Congress).
Table of contents: title: Programme: Part First: Instrumental overture, from La Dame Blanche / Mestayer & Co.; title: Opening Chorus, from Linda de Chamounoix / Troupe; title: Solo & Chorus: My Home in Kentuck / R.J. Buckley; title: Comic Song: Tilda Horn / Frank Weston; title: Solo & Chorus The Star Spangled Flag of the Free / T. Stone; title: Comic Song: Massa's Old Plantation / Frank Weston; title: Solo and Chorus: The Old Log Hut / T. Stone; title: Patriotic Song: Uncle Sam's Farm / J.K. Search; title: Solo & Chorus: Farewell, Lilly Dear / Frank Christopher; title: Comic Song: The Bull Dog / H.K. Johnson; title: Solo and Chorus: The Colored Orphan Boy / D.C. Price; title: Finale: The celebrated Anvil Chorus, from the Opera of "Il Trovatore," with Anvil accompaniment; title: Part second: Violin Solo / H. Mestayer; title: John Diamond's Reel, by the Juvenile (1st time) / Master Willie; title: Ballad / Frank Christopher; title: Guitar Solo, by the American Guitarist / D. Clinton Price; title: Burlesque: The Old Folks Concert / by the whole Troupe, Father Camp: Frank Weston, Grandfather Boss: J.K. Search (In order to give effect to the immense chorus, the audience are requested to join in); title: Plantation Jig / H.K. Johnson; title: Rochester Knockings: Medium: Frank Weston, Spirits: Company; title: Double Dance: Cynthia Sue / Christopher and Wallace; title: Georgia Walk-round Dance / H.K. Johnson; title: Part Third: Shaksperean Dramatic Festival / E.A. Warden; title: Railroad Excursion.