This is a rare December 26th, 1887 broadside (single page playbill) from the two-week, Post-Broadway engagement of the McCaull Opera Company in the REGINALD DE KOVEN and HARRY B. SMITH Hindu Comic Opera "THE BEGUM" at the Chicago Opera House in Chicago, Illinois. (The production opened September 21st, 1887 at the Fifth Avenue Theatre in New York City and ran for 22 performances before going on the road.) ..... The ensemble cast included MATHILDE COTTRELLY, DE WOLF HOPPER, EDWIN W. HOFF, HUBERT WILKE, DIGBY BELL, MARION MANOLA, J. DE ANGELIS, HARRY MacDONOUGH, LAURA JOYCE-BELL, ANNIE MYERS, JOS... |