Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911: Love in '76 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 45 pages of information about Representative Plays by American Dramatists.

Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911: Love in '76 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 45 pages of information about Representative Plays by American Dramatists.

SATURDAY EVENING, FEB. 28th, 1857

Will be presented the great Dramatic Poem by Goethe, translated by Jonathan Birch, Esq., and produced for the SIXTH TIME, as now adapted and arranged for this artistic work under the title of

FAUST AND MARGUERITE

DISTRIBUTION OF CHARACTERS: 

Faust, an aged scholar                  Mr. C. Wheatleigh
Mephistophilies                         Mr. George Jordan
Wagner, a student, friend to Faust           Mr. Stoddart
Valentine, a soldier, brother to Marguerite   Mr. Lingham
Brandor, a soldier, friend to Valentine       Mr. Alleyne
Frosh                                           Mr. Hayes
Siebel                                          Mr. Reeve
Fritz                                        Mr. Harcourt
Students     Messers.  Carpenter, Jackson, Carter, Kellogg
Altmayer                                     Mr. McDonall
Beggar                                         Mr. Beneon
Marguerite, a young peasant girl         Miss Laura Keene
Martha, her confidante                  Mrs. H.P.  Grattan
Lizzie   { Companions    }                   Miss Alleyne
Barbara  { of Marguerite }                    Miss Howell
Witch, creature of Mephistophiles            Mrs. Attwood
Spirits of Good  Miss Howell, Miss Wall, Miss Berkowitz,
and Miss Rosa Berkowitz
Peasantry, Chorus of Demons, etc., etc.,

SCENERY IN THE DRAMA: 

ACT I.
Scene 1st—­Faust’s Laboratory                        By Almy
Scene 2nd—­Street in Wittenburg                 By Hawthorne

ACT II. 
Scene 1st—­Pavillion and Garden of Marguerite By Hawthorne

                      ACT III. 

Scene 1st—­Street and Cathedral in Wittenburg By Howthorne
Scene 2nd—­Rocky Glen By Hawthorne
Scene 3rd—­Prison By Almy
Scene 4th—­Street and Cathedral—­Apotheosis of Marguerite By Hawthorne

To conclude for the FIRST TIME with a New American Comedietta, in TWO
ACTS, by a Gentleman of this city, called

LOVE IN ’76

  Mr. Elsworth Mr. Stoddart
  Lieutenant Harry Elsworth Mr. Ringgold
  Captain Walter Armstrong Mr. Lingham
  Major Cleveland Mr. Burnett
  Captain Arbald Mr. Benson
  Lieutenant Marvin Mr. Hayes
  Apollo Metcalf Mr. Johnston
  John Mr. Harcourt
  Corporal Mr. Leslie
  Soldiers Messers Jackson and Kellog
  Rose Ellsworth Miss Laura Keene
  Kate Ellsworth Miss Alleyne
  Bridget Miss Howell

A Grand Scenic Drama, called THE SONS OF NIGHT, has been in rehersal and will be produced immediately.

  ADMISSION
  Drama Circle and Parquette 50 Cents
  Balcony Seats 75 Cents
  Family Circle 25 Cents
  Orchestra Stalls One Dollar
  Private Boxes Six and Eight Dollars

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