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Last night but two of Mr. Mathews' engagement, and last week of the season : owing to the great demand for the new musical farce "Before breakfast," in conjunction with "Jonathan in England"

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Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle

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Broadsides from the Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection

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Title
Last night but two of Mr. Mathews' engagement, and last week of the season : owing to the great demand for the new musical farce "Before breakfast," in conjunction with "Jonathan in England"
Names
Lowndes, Jane, fl. 1826-1829 (Printer)
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (London, England) (Presenter)
Collection

Broadsides from the Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1826
Place: London
Publisher: Lowndes, printer, Marquis Court, Drury Lane
Library locations
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle
Shelf locator: Pforz (FF. Broadsides. 0030)
Topics
Mathews, Charles, 1776-1835
Fisher, Clara, 1811-1898
Cooke, T. P. (Thomas Potter), 1786-1864
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851. Frankenstein
Winter, Peter von, 1754-1825. Unterbrochene Opferfest
Shadwell, Thomas, 1642?-1692. Libertine
Da Ponte, Lorenzo, 1749-1838. Le nozze di Figaro
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. Le nozze di Figaro -- Adaptations
Planché, J. R.(James Robinson), 1796-1880. Vampire
Stuart, C.(Charles), active 1777-1791. Gretna Green
Genres
Broadsides
Playbills
Notes
Venue: "Theatre Royal, English Opera House, Strand. This evening, Thursday, September 28th, 1826 ..."
Content: Broadside playbill; also advertises: The oracle (an adaptation of Peter Von Winter's Unterbrochene Opferfest) ; The libertine (probably the Thomas Shadwell tragedy) ; The marriage of Figaro ; The vampire ; and Gretna Green.
Content: ".. those pieces will be repeated together this evening, to-morrow, and monday next, being positively the last nights of Mr. Matthews' appearance this season : The new grand opera (for the first time this season) on Saturday, Miss Clara Fisher on Tuesday and Wednesday next, as Little Pickle, in The spoil'd child, Mr. T. P. Cooke every evening, as the monster, in Presumption! ; or, The fate of Frankenstein."
Exhibitions: Digitized in relation to the exhibition "It’s Alive! Frankenstein at 200," but not an exhibited item. The exhibition was a collaboration between The Morgan Library & Museum and The New York Public Library: https://www.themorgan.org/exhibitions/frankenstein
Physical Description
Extent: 1 sheet ; 34 x 20 cm.
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 62119515
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b16166465
NYPL Exhibition ID: ML 18.X4036
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 37a97b40-01cd-0135-0a6e-5dd82115afe9
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1826: Issued
  • 2017: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library. "Last night but two of Mr. Mathews' engagement, and last week of the season " The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1826. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/00e96080-0841-0135-d999-17c9c9c593f7

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Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library. "Last night but two of Mr. Mathews' engagement, and last week of the season " New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 25, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/00e96080-0841-0135-d999-17c9c9c593f7

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Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library. (1826). Last night but two of Mr. Mathews' engagement, and last week of the season Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/00e96080-0841-0135-d999-17c9c9c593f7

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Last night but two of Mr. Mathews' engagement, and last week of the season