Theater playbill for "The Spy" and "The Purse, or, The American Tar" at the Washington Theatre, July 4, 1823
Contributors: Duff, Mary Ann, 1795-1857, actor; De Krafft, Edward, 1790-1833, printer; Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851; Cross, J. C. (James Cartwright), -1809; Reeve, William, 1757-1815; Washington Theatre (Washington, D.C. : 1821-1835); Theater Playbills and Programs Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: E. de Krafft, Printer, Seventh Street, nearly opposite the Centre Market House
Published: 1823
Place of publication: Washington City
Language: eng
Other titles: Spy; Purse, or, The American Tar; Purse; American Tar; Washington Theatre. Our country and our liberties
Description: Washington Theatre. Our country and our liberties. In commemoration of the anniversary of our independence, the theatre will be opened on Friday Evening, July 4, when will be presented the national play, in 3 acts, (never performed here) called "The Spy" and represented with the most unbounded applause at New York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore, upwards of 80 nights ... Between the play and farce, A Sailor's Hornpipe, in character by Miss H. Hathwell, The national Song of the Star Spangled Banner, by Mr. Darley, a pas de deux, by Mrs. H. Wallack and Miss Hathwell. To conclude with the musical farce of "The Purse, or, The American Tar" ... Mr. and Mrs. Duff's fourth night on Tuesday ...
Notes: Title devised by Library staff from item.

Cast: The spy: Col. Singleton: Mr. Wemyss, Major Dunwoodie: Mr. Darley, Capt. Lawton: Mr. Burke, Lieut. Mason: Mr. Johnston, Henry Warton: Mr. T. Jefferson, Mr. Wharton: Mr. Hathwell, Dr. Sitgraves: Mr. Francis, Harvey Birch (The Spy): Mr. H. Wallack, Rawson: Mr. Wheatley, Smith: Mr. Scrivener, Sanders: Mr. J. Jefferson, Hollister: Mr. Murray, Caesar: Mr. J. Jefferson, Jr., Centinels, Cow Boys, &c., Francis: Mrs. Anderson, Sarah: Miss Hathwell, Kitty Haynes: Mrs. Jefferson, Betty Flanagan: Mrs. Francis.

Cast: The purse: Baron: Mr. Hathwell, Theodore: Mr. Johnston, Edmund: Mr. Darley, Will Steady (The American Tar): Mr. Burke, Servant: Mr. Scrivener, Page: Miss H. Hathwell, Sally: Mrs. Jefferson.

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