National Theatre, Broadway, adjoining Niblo's Gardens. On Thursday, October 3, 1839, will be acted Shakespeare's tragedy of "Hamlet"

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Friday evening, August 30, will be presented Shakespeare's tragedy of "King Lear"

This evening, Wednesday, September 18, will be acted the comedy of "The Love Chase"

This evening, Monday, September 16, will be acted for the first time this season, the play of "The Love Chase"

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Friday evening, August 23, will be presented Bulwer's play of "The Lady of Lyons" with Mr. Forrest as Claude Melnotte

Tuesday evening, March 5, 1839, will be produced Rossini's opera of "Cinderella; or, The Fairy and the Little Glass Slipper"

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Mr. Macready as Iago. Wednesday evening, October 18, 1848, Shakespeare's tragedy of "Othello, Moor of Venice"

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This evening, Tuesday, September 26, 1854, will be performed Shakespeare's great comedy of "Much Ado About Nothing"

Thursday evening, September 21, will be presented the tragedy in five acts, entitled "The Broker of Bogota"

Saturday, October 22, 1853, will be presented the elegant comedietta of "Faint Heart Never Won Fair Lady"

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Tuesday, October 1, 1839, will be presented Shakespeare's tragedy of "Hamlet"

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Description Price of tickets to parquette and boxes, $1.00. Tickets and places for the parquette and boxes to be secured at the box office of the theater, and at Horn & Davis' Music Store, No. 367 Broadway, where a plan of the theater is kept. Mr. Vandenhoff is engaged for a limited number of nights and will have the honor of making his first appearance in twelve months in the character of "Hamlet". After which will be produced for the first time in America, a farce written expressly for Mr. Hill and performed with great success in London, entitled "A Wife For An Hour". During the evening the orchestra will perform two celebrated overtures. To conclude with the popular farce of "The Schoolfellow". The public are respectfully informed that Miss Vandenhoff is engaged for a limited period, and will make her first appearance in America on Wednesday next, in the character of Julia, in "The Hunchback". Thursday and Friday, Mr. Vandenhoff, Miss Vandenhoff and Mr. Hill will appear. Mr. Wallack begs to inform the public that he has set apart Saturday next, October 5, for a benefit: the entire receipts of the night to be appropriated for the relief of his company who have suffered by the conflagration of the late National Theatre.

Dated 1839

Object Type broadside (notice)

Physical dimensions Object Dimensions 17 x 7 in

Medium paper (fiber product)

File dimensions 7.9 in × 18.3 in at 300dpi
20.3 cm × 46.5 cm at 300dpi

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