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Theater playbill for "Napoleon's Old Guard," "Beauty and the Beast" and "Don Juan, or, The Libertine Destroyed" at the Washington Theater, July 20, 1861

Theater playbill for "Napoleon's Old Guard," "Beauty and the Beast" and "Don Juan, or, The Libertine Destroyed" at the Washington Theater, July 20, 1861

Dion Boucicault

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Theater! Corner of 11th and C streets, near Pennsylvania avenue. Manager Mr. Humphrey Bland, Musical director: Mr. Sandy Jamieson, stage manager Mr. F. Williams ... The greatest bill yet! Numerous requests having been made for a repetition of the Burlesque of Beauty and the Beast and the great pantomime of Don Juan! They will be performed this evening, for the positively the last time. Saturday, July 20, 1861, the performance will commence with the military drama, in 1 act, entitled "Napoleon's Old Guard" ... After which, the musical burlesque of "Beauty and the Beast" ... Patriotic address by Miss Alice Placide Mann. To conclude with the pantomime of "Don Juan, or, The Libertine Destroyed" ... In preparation, the most successful drama produced for years ...

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