MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 04244cam a22003613i 4500
001 2014658745
003 DLC
005 20150101082648.0
008 141230s1861 dcu 000 0 eng
010 $a 2014658745
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda
050 00 $aThr. A12 Box 1$bno. 33
245 00 $aTheater playbill for Mr. Edward Sothern in "Our American Cousin at Home" at the Washington Theater, February 4, 1861.
246 30 $aOur American cousin at home
246 16 $aCrowded houses to witness Mr. Sothern's wonderful rendition of Lord Dundreary and his brother Sam in Gaylor's comedy of Our American Cousin at Home, or, Dundreary Abroad
246 3 $aDundreary abroad
264 3 $aWashington :$bH. Polkinhorn's Steam Job Press, D. street, near 7th.$c[1861].
300 $a1 sheet ;$c56 x 20 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $asheet$2rdacarrier
520 $aWashington Theater. Lessee, Mr. S.W. Glenn, acting manger: Mr. J.T. Raymond, stage manager, Mr. Humphrey Bland ... Where's Binny? Where's Binny? Unprecedented success. Crowded houses to witness Mr. Sothern's wonderful rendition of Lord Dundreary and his brother Sam in Gaylor's comedy of "Our American Cousin at Home, or, Dundreary Abroad." Great skating scene! Every lady and gentleman in the theater as skates. Sam Polka, composed and respectfully dedicated to Mr. E. Sothern by Mr. Wm. Withers, Jr. ... Monday evening, Feb. 4, 1861 will be presented Charles Gaylor's successful comedy, entitled "Our American Cousin at Home" written expressly for Mr. Sothern, by Charles Gaylor, Esq ... Entire new scenery and a panorama of the Hudson River, painted by Messrs. James Lamb and Joseph Parker ...
500 $aTitle devised by Library staff from item.
500 $aCast: Our American cousin at home: Lord Dundreary, on his travels in America, with a realizing sense of his deficiencies, a strong resolution to reform, and an idea that he can sing, The Hon. Samuel Plantagenet Albert Triptolemus Rosslyn, Dundreary's younger brother, sadly afflicted with the family complaint, and addicted to Dye: Mr. Sothern, Asa Trenchard, married and settled, at home, proprietor of the Anchor Mills, and Justice of Peace: Mr. J.T. Raymond, Abel Murcott, formerly Steward to Sir Edward Trenchard, at present Confidential Clerk to Asa: Mr. L.P. Roys, Binny, formerly Butler to Sir Edward, but at present "My Lord's Hone Man" with a sovereign contempt for the the letter H, and "this blasted country," (his first appearance): Mr. J. Parker, Old Coyle, Family Steward to Sir Edward, an unscrupulous old villain: Mr. D. Ryan, Chilwell, a tool of Coyle's and assistant to Abel Murcott: Mr. J.W. Carrol, Uncle Pete, antiquated Negro servant, remarkably dark for his size: Mr. H. Bland, Asa Trenchard, Jr., the image of his father, and a sprightly specimen of Young America: Miss Coombes, Pat Maginnis, a Candid Candy Man: Mr. T.B. Baker, Bim and Ike Thugg, two thieves: Mr. Porter and ---, Bill Flimsey, another of the same set, with an original song: Mr. W.H. Bartholomew, Tom Allsorts, Proprietor of a "Cracksmen's Crib": Mr. Wheeler, Renard, a New York Detective: Mr. Mathews, Mary Trenchard, nee Mary Meredith, Asa's wife, with a heart full of love and a head full of sense: Mrs. H. Bland, Susie Trenchard, Asa's sister, just from boarding school, a genuine Yankee girl with no nonsense about her: Miss Mary Shaw, Edith Talofrd, Susie's friend and schoolmate, with a weakness for Samuel Plantagenet: Mrs. Emery, Bridget McMackerel, a demonstrative Native American: Mrs. E. Mann, Hackmen, Pedlars, Newsboys, Travelers, Ladies and Gentlemen.
580 $aIn: American theater programs of the late 19th and 20th centuries (Library of Congress).
655 7 $aPlaybills$zWashington (D.C.)$2rbgenr
655 7 $aPlaybills$y1861.$2rbgenr
700 1 $aGayler, Charles,$d1820-1892.$tOur American cousin at home.
700 1 $aSothern, Edward Askew,$d1826-1881,$eactor.
710 2 $aPolkinhorn's Steam Printing Office,$eprinter.
710 2 $aWashington Theatre (Washington, D.C. : 19th century)
710 2 $aTheater Playbills and Programs Collection (Library of Congress)$5DLC
752 $aUnited States$bDistrict of Columbia$dWashington.