Title: Theater playbill for "Fashions & Follies of Washington Life" and "The Persecuted Dutchman" at the Washington Theater, December 13, 1860
Description: Washington Theater. Lessee Mr. S.W. Glenn, stage manager: Mr. Humphrey Bland ... Last night of the sterling local comedy entitled "Fashinons & Follies of Washington Life," received nightly with hearty and genuine applause. Screams of delight! Sympathetic tears! and Enthusiastic Joy. Every member of Congress, every government clerk and every citizen of Washington, man, woman, and child should see it previous to its withdrawal. Thursday, December 13, 1860 will be performed the comedy, in 5 acts, by Mr. Henry Clay Preuss, entitled "Fashions & Follies of Washington Life" ... To conclude with the "Persecuted Dutchman" ... Friday, benefit of Mr. John T. Raymond, on which great occasion, Miss Gertrude Argyle will appear as Parthenia. Jack Cade, John Broughams' "Pocahontas," "Child of the Regiment," "The Dead Heart," and "The Corsican Brothers" will shortly be produced in excellent style ...