playbill.htm  August 17, 2005

The text of the following playbill was pasted inside a copy of "Trilby" that I obtained on e-Bay.  I have tried to maintain the fonts as closely as possible, but HTML is not all that friendly.  And, the spacing is off.  The original is about 4x6 inches.

 

PARK

 Theatre

 John Stetson

Manager

Evenings
 at 8.

Week of March 18, 1895

Wednesday and
Saturday Mat. At 2.

TRILBY

A Play in Four Acts

Dramatized by arrangement with Harper and Brothers from George DuMaurier’s Celebrated Novel, by Paul M. Potter.

. . . . PRESENTED BY . . . .

Mr. A. M. Palmer’s Company

" Plaisir d'amour ne dare qu'un moment

Chagrin d'amour dure tonte la vie."

The Cast.

TAFFY  ………………………….……………………………………..  Mr. BURR MCINTOSH

THE LAIRD  ………………………..……………………………...  Mr. JOHN GLENDINNING

LITTLE BILLEE  ………………….………………………………...  Mr. ALFRED HICKMAN

SVENGALI  ………………………..………………………………...  Mr. WILTON LACKAYE

GECKO  …………………………………………………………  Mr. ROBERT PATON GIBBS

ZOU ZOU  ………………………….……………………………...  Mr. LEO DIETRICHSTEIN

DODOR  ……………………………….……………………………...  Mr. HERBERT AYLING

LORIMER  ………………………………………………………………….  Mr. V. M. deSILKE

REVEREND THOS. BAGOT  …………..………………………..  Mr. EDWARD L. WALTON

COLONEL KAW  ……………………….………………………………….  Mr. REUBEN FAX

PHILIPPE  …………………………….……………………………………  Mr. MOREL BEAN

TRILBY  ……………………………….…………………………...  Miss VIRGINIA HARNED

MRS. BAGOT  ………………………….……………………………..  Miss BERTHA WELBY

MME. VINARD  …………………….………………………  Mme. MATHILDE COTTRELLY

ANGELE  …………………………….….………………………..  Miss GRACE PIERREPONT

HONORIE  ………………………….………………………………..  Miss LUCILLE NELSON

MIMI  ………………………………….….………………………………  Miss MONTA ELMO

MUSETTE  ……………………………….……………………...  Miss JOSEPHINE BENNETT

This play produced under the stage direction of   ……………………….  Mr. E. W. PRESBREY

The scene of the play is laid in Paris, and the action takes place " In the fifties"

of the present century.

ACT I –  Latin Quarter. Studio of " The Three Musketeers of the Brush."

                        ACT II—The Studio. Christmas Eve                             

                                                ACT III—Fover du Cirque des Bashibazoucks. Five years later.

                                                                        ACT IV—Hotel Bristol. One week later.

The music on the stage by Dr. Leo Sommer's Hungarian Gipsy Band.

During the evening the orchestra will perform the following Trilby selections?

OVERTURE – “Rosamunde"  ………………….……………………………………..…  Schubert
CHOPIN  IMPROMPTU  ………………………….……………………………………...  Chopin
REVERIE  ……………………………………………………………………………..  Vieuxtemps
PARAPHRASE – “Ben Bolt”  …………………….………………………………………..  Brode
TRILBY POLKA  ………………………………….……………………………………….  Beliza