On and off
Contributors: Humphreys, Joseph; Furst, William, 1852-1917; Corning, John Herbert, -approximately 1940, donor; Bisson, Alexandre, 1848-1912; Lafayette Square Opera House (Organization : Washington, D.C.); Theater Playbills and Programs Collection (Library of Congress)
Published: 1898
Language: eng
Description: Lafayette Sq. Opera House, absolutely fireproof. Nixon & Zimmerman, sole lessees and managers. Charles Frohman's Madison Square Theatre Comedy Company of New York in its inaugual performance of a new farce, in three acts, entitled "On and Off," by Alexandre Bisson, now approaching its 250th performance in Paris under the title of "Le Controleur des Wagon-Lits". Scenery by E.G. Unitt, incidental music by William Furst, of the Empire Theatre, New York. Produced under the stage direction of Joseph Humphreys. The orchestra under the direction of Victor H. Johnson.
Notes: Lafayette Square Opera House, Washington, D.C., week beginning Monday, Dec. 19, 1898. Wed. eve., Sat. mat. and Sat. eve. Special Wednesday matinee.

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Cast:

"Lafayette Square Opera House. Bill of the play, Nixon & Zimmerman sole proprietors and managers, season 1898-9. Vol. 4, no. 3, Oct. 3, '98. On and off"--Cover.

"Next week, 'The Cuckoo'."

LC copy: Gift: Est. of J.H. Corning, June 20, 1940.

In: American theater programs of the late 19th and 20th centuries (Library of Congress).
Table of contents: title: Musical program: March "The Charlatan" / Sousa; title: Gems from "The Telephone Girl" / Kerker; title: Grand American Fantasia / Bendix (Tone pictures of the North and South); title: Exit March "In the Barracks" / Silverburg.