A Collection in
the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation's
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library
Manuscript Number MS 90.2
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial
Williamsburg Foundation
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Playbill Collection, Manuscript MS 90.2, John D.
Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg
Foundation
Original printed playbills (mostly 1762-1807) for plays
performed in Williamsburg, Va., Fredericksburg, Va., Newbern,
N. C., Fayetteville, N. C., Edenton, N. C., and elsewhere.
Included are plays performed at the Old Theatre near the
Capitol in Williamsburg by the Virginia Company of Comedians
and other groups. Plays include The Beggar's Opera, The
Orphan, The Constant Couple, Mr. Charlton, The Clandestine
Marriage, An Evening's Lounge or Antidote for the Spleen, Dish
of All Sorts, Virgin Unmask'd, Love In a Village, She Stoops
to Conquer, and The Glory of Columbia. Also included are
playbills for three plays performed in the 1930s at the
College of William and Mary and in Charleston, S. C. Reverse
of one playbill consists of an advertisement for guitar
lessons. Some playbills have annotations, one is
handwritten.
Playbill and advertisement. The Beggar's
Opera and The Anatomist. To be performed at the Old
Theatre, near the Capitol by the Virginia Company of
Comedians. Reverse: Mr. Wall, Comedian, engages to teach
Ladies and Gentlemen to play the guitar. (For the
Benefit of Mrs. Parker),
3 June [1762]
Playbill. The Orphan or the Unhappy Marriage
and Harlequin Skeleton or the Burgomaster trick'd.
Performed the Virginia Company of Comedians,
Williamsburg,
15 April [1768]
Playbill. The Constant Couple or A Trip to
the Jubilee and The Miller of Mansfield. Performed by
the Virginia Company of Comedians, Williamsburg,
18 May [1768]
Playbill. Mr. Charlton, The Miser, and The
Brave Irishman. Performed by the Virginia Company of
Comedians, Williamsburg,
8 June [1768]
Playbill. The Clandestine Marriage and Thomas
and Sally or the Sailor's Return. Performed by the
American Company, Williamsburg,
20 June [1770]
Playbill. Love In a Village and The Buck Or,
The Englishman in Paris. Performed by the American
Company, Williamsburg,
1 May [1771]
Playbill. The Provoked Husband or, A Journey
to London. Also Love a-la Mode. Performed by the
American Company, Fredericksburg,
28 May [1771]
Playbill. An Evening's Lounge or Antidote for
the Spleen, Dissertation on Gaming and Drinking (crossed
out and changed to Jealousy). The Sultan or a Peep Into
the Seragilo, and Romp. Fayetteville, North Carolina,
30 December 1795.
Playbill. An Evening's Lounge or Antidote for
the Spleen, A Free Mason's Wife, and The School for
Scandal. Fayetteville, North Carolina,
31 December 1795.
Manuscript playbill. The Register Office and
Robinson Crusoe. Lane Theatre. Fayetteville, North
Carolina,
[1795]
Playbill. The Romp, Jane Shore, Virgin
Unmask'd, Fontain Bleau, and The Busy Body. Performed at
the New Theatre, Newbern, North Carolina,
31 March 1797.
Playbill. Dish of All Sorts and "Elegant
Scenes Selected from the Dramatic Poets." Performed at
Newbern, North Carolina,
13 May 1797.
Playbill. Scolding and Country Wedding.
Newbern Theatre. Newbern, North Carolina,
16-17 May
1797.
Playbill. Inkle and Yarico, Wrangling Lovers
or Like Master Like Man, and All the World's a Stage.
Edenton, North Carolina,
20 July 1797.
Playbill. The Glory of Columbia and Rural
Soldiers: Or, Sprigs of Laurel. Providence,
4 July 1807.
Playbill. She Stoops To Conquer or The
Mistakes of the Night, and All the World's a Stage.
Performed at the Theatre in the Courthouse, Suffolk,
12 October, n.y.
Playbill. The Jealous Wife. Performed by the
Company of William and Mary, Williamsburg,
1935.
Playbill. The Recruiting Officer. Dock Street
Theatre, Charleston, South Carolina,
1 December 1937.
Playbill. A Trip to Scarborough. Performed by
the William and Mary Company, Williamsburg,
1937.