Gratten Donnelly (1 results)

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. Presented here is a beautiful, original, and rare 1890 playbill advertising their performance in "Later On", written by H. Gratten Donnelly. This performance was staged in the historic Washington Street Opera House at 130 North Washington Street, Rome, New York. The Washington Street Opera House tragically burned down in 1903 and was replaced by the new Masonic Temple , constructed on the same site in 1908. the Masonic Temple also no longer stands. Mr. Wallace H. Frisbie was the manager of the Opera house. Comedic actors, Frederic Hallen and Joseph Hart, each of whom had had stage careers of their own, joined forces to tour as Hallen and Hart, traveling about the country and performing in the musical farce comedies, "Later On" and "The Idea". Appearing with Hallen and Hart were Annie Lewis, Molly Fuller, Josephine Hall, Virginia Earl, Lillian Stevens, Jennette Begeard, Lillie Mahel, Frankie Raymond, Joseph J. Sullivan, Robert Broderick, and Robert C. Thayer. At the bottom of the program is an advertisement for an upcoming event two nights later : George Wilson's Mammoth Minstrels. The flyer is printed in black on white, and on one side only. Size : 3 9/16" x 8 3/4" . It was printed by the Rome 'Sentinel' Press. CONDITION - VERY GOOD - Bright and clean - exceptionally well-preserved, with but near-negligible signs of handling or wear (small crease to one corner , slight surface ruffling near the bottom; also at the bottom is a small penciled Rome, NY). It would be hard to find a better specimen!