Title: Theater playbill for Joseph Jefferson in "Caleb Plummer" and "Slasher and Crasher" at Washington Theater, April 12, 1861
Description: Washington Theater. Lessee Mr. S.W. Glenn, acting manager Mr. J.T. Raymond ... Benefit of Mr. Joseph Jefferson who will appear as Caleb Plummer as acted by him over 100 nights at the Winter Garden, New York, with the greatest success. And also as Slasher in the farce of "Slasher & Crasher." On Friday evening, April 12th, 1861 the entertainments will commence with a domestic drama, in 3 acts, entitled, "Caleb Plummer!" dramatized from Dickens' Christmas Story of "The Cricket on the Hearth" ... To conclude with the laughable farce of "Slasher and Crasher" ... In rehearsal, a new comedy, by Tom Taylor, entitled "Babes in the Woods" now being played with great success in London and New York.