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Boston Theatre - Theater Playbill: Boston Theatre, Thomas Barry, Lessee and Manager... . the Fairy Star Miss Agnes Robertson... Who Will Appear the the Celebrated New Drama... Wednesday Evening April 7, 1858... Jessie Brown, Ot the Relief of Lucknow

Title: Theater Playbill: Boston Theatre, Thomas Barry, Lessee and Manager... . the Fairy Star Miss Agnes Robertson... Who Will Appear the the Celebrated New Drama... Wednesday Evening April 7, 1858... Jessie Brown, Ot the Relief of Lucknow
Description: Boston, 1858. Unbound. Broadside, 1 p. Good condition The Boston Theatre, Washington Street was first built in 1854 and operated as a theater until 1925. Agnes Kelly Robertson (1833 – 1916) was born in Edinburgh and became a popular actress on the American stage.She was the ward of Charles Kean, and the juvenile lead in his theatre company. There she met the actor and dramatist Dion Boucicault, a collaborator of Kean's. In 1853, she and Boucicault left for America without Kean's permission and married in New York, creating a scandal.

Keywords: Theater Playbills; Boston Theaters; Agnes Kelly Robertson

Price: US$ 52.00 Seller: Brookline Village Books
- Book number: 46260

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