Print, New Theatre Performance of "Speed the Plough"
Description
The New Theatre is on South Queen Street in Lancaster. The poster cites the 7th performance of Mr. Henkins' Benefit of the comedy, Speed the Plough; and the farce, The Intrigue, or Married Yesterday. Lists of actors by surrnames and roles they play also appear. Door open a 7:30 and "curtain rises at 8 o'clock precisely."
A finger points to : 'Officers are engaged who will preserve the strictest order;" and "No money received at the door."
Also, "NO LADY ADMITTED UNLESS ACCOMPANIED BY A GENTLEMAN."
"Tickets to be obtained at Mr. Osterloh's Book Store..."
Former mat torn from larger piece of cardboard and lower corner of poster is missing including some print. A piece on the upper right edge is also missing.
Object ID
MG0298_Ovrszd_F002
Notes
John Forney was printer for this poster. The best descriptons of John Forney are the 19th century praises penned by his colleagues.
"There were giants in his day, and he was one of them. None was more to be honored than the young Pennsylvanian who came from his Lancaster home to found and direct a policy which was to sway the nation..." (John Russell Young)
"He wielded one of the most fertile pens in the whole country. ...He is a tower of strength in the editorial profession, and his rare mental vigor and complete mastery of the pen, justly entitle him to be regarded and styled the journalistic Achilles of the Western Continent." (Alexander Harris)
"Col. Forney ...is one of the princes of American journalism. No editor in Pennsylvania has made a deeper impression on the public mind." (Philadelphia Record. )
"...he was the foremost editor of Pennsylvania." (Philadelphia Inquirer.)
"He belonged to a class of men who build themselves into the civilization of their times..." (John Thomas Scharf.)
"Personally, to me, he was always noble, gracious, conciliatory;" (Walt Whitman)
