Title: Theater playbill for Mr. Edward Sothern in "Suspense" and "Away with Melancholy" at Washington Theater, January 28-29, 1861
Description: Washington Theater. Lessee Mr. S.W. Glenn, acting manager Mr. J.T. Raymond, stage manager Mr. Humphrey Bland ... Monday & Tuesday. First appearance of Mr. Sothern, the celebrated comedian, will have the honor of appearing in an intensely exciting drama, in 5 acts, written by himself, and which has met with the most decided success in the principal cities in the Union ... Monday and Tuesday evenings, Jan. 28 and 29, 1861 will be presented Mr. Sothern's new and intense drama, in 5 acts, entitled "Suspense!" ... Incidental music to drama, composed expressly by Mr. Thos. Baker of Laura Keene's Theater, N.,Y. New Scenery, Striking Tableaux, and Novel Effects ...To conclude with an entirely new farce, by Madison Morton, called, "Away With Melancholy" ... In active preparation, and will shortly be produced, a new comedy, by Chas. Gaylor, Esq., written for Mr. Sothern, called "Our Cousin at Home" a Sequel to the American Cousin. Lord Dundreary: Mr. Sothern, as acted by him over 200 nights in New York, and the principal cities of the Union ...