1867 playbill, “No Thoroughfare”, Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins. Boston Museum.
4pp. Boston Museum. Immediate Production of a Powerful New Play Dramatized from the New Christmas Story NO THOROUGHFARE by Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins. Dramatized by Messr L. R. Shewell and F. Williams, and upon which the best resources of the established have been employed with unusual activity since its publication TWO WEEKS AGO.
Monday Evening, December 30, 1867, and every evening of the week (except Saturday) also, Wednesday and Saturday afternoons, WITH NEW SCENIC EFFECTS.
The production opened on December 26th, 1867, and ran for 200 performances a remarkable feat for the time.
Extremely scarce. Measures 10” x 6.5” inches.