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Colonial Williamsburg

John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
P.O. Box 1776
Williamsburg, VA 23187
Primary Collecting Areas:
A. Lawrence Kocher Collection, Donald Streeter Collection, Francis, Nicholson Papers, John Norton and Sons Papers, Major-Marable Family Papers, Richard Corbin Papers, Robert Anderson Papers, Singleton P. Moorehead Collection, William Blathwayt Papers, 18th century Williamsburg imprints, 18th century Virginia manuscripts, 18th century Music, Early trade manuals, British legislation regarding the American colonies, Visual works depicting Williamsburg
Description:
The John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library is dedicated to advancing knowledge of colonial British America, the American Revolution, the early United States, and the history of the Restoration of Colonial Williamsburg. Unique to the library is the body of research on the buildings, people, trades, and material culture of 18th-century Williamsburg.
POC: Douglas Mayo
Phone: (757) 565-8521
Phone: (757) 565-8520
Fax: (757) 565-8528
Start Over Repository Colonial Williamsburg Subjects Playbills--Virginia.
Colonial Williamsburg

Playbill Collection, 1762-1937.

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.

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Playbill Collection, 1762-1937.

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.

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