Author: [Theatre Playbill]. Hofland, Mrs. [Barbara. 1770 - 1844] - Inspiration
Title: The CZARINA!; Third Week of the Engagement of Miss Davenport. Thursday Evening, June 7th, 1860. Mr. H. A. Perry, Will Appear as Peter the Great
Description: [San Francisco]: Calhoun, Printer, 1860. 1st Printing. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Broadside leaflet. 7-3/8" x 4". AN About VG copy, some age-toning and foxing, first line of text discolored & somewhat obscured from evidence of mounting materials and repair to top-edge verso. The headline production presumed to be inspired by Mrs Hofland's 1842 novel, "The CZARINA: An Historical Romance of the Court of Russia." A scarce early San Francisco playbill for the Lyceum Theatre, which was managed by a member of the Booth family at the time.

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