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Boston Theatre - Theater Playbill: The American Actress, Mrs Julia Hayne, Late Miss Julia Dean Will Appear... In the New Tragic Play of the Priestess... To Conclude with the Operatic Bagatelle of Jenny Lind... By Mrs. John Wood

Title: Theater Playbill: The American Actress, Mrs Julia Hayne, Late Miss Julia Dean Will Appear... In the New Tragic Play of the Priestess... To Conclude with the Operatic Bagatelle of Jenny Lind... By Mrs. John Wood
Description: Boston, 1855. Unbound. Broadside, 1 p. Good condition The Boston Theatre, Washington Street was first built in 1854 and operated as a theater until 1925. Julia Dean (1830 – 1868) was an American actress who made her New York debut at 16 in a starring role with the James Sheridan Knowles comedy, The Hunchback. Her performance was met with such praise that she continued to star in productions of The Hunchback over much of her twenty-year career. Mrs. John Wood (1831-1915), born Matilda Charlotte Vining, was an English actress who began her career in Boston. She was a very pretty woman, possessing a fine figure and an attractive face. She read wellll, had a melodious voice, was affecting in pathetic scenes and lively in those of a cheerful character, was a graceful dancer.

Keywords: Theater Playbills; Boston Theaters; Julia Dean; Matilda Charlotte Vining

Price: US$ 52.00 Seller: Brookline Village Books
- Book number: 46257

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