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Scarce printed broadside playbill, 6 x 18, advertising a performance of Hamlet at Willard’s Howard Athenaeum in Boston on September 30, 1863, starring John Wilkes Booth in the title role. The broadside prominently bills Booth at the top, reading: “Third Night of the Engagement, Of the Popular Young Tragedian, Mr. J. Wilkes Booth, Who will appear as Hamlet.” It goes on to name the other stars, actresses Julia Bennett Barrow as Ophelia and Annie Senter Langdon as the Queen. Booth also appears prominently at the head of the full cast listing in large, bold type: “Hamlet,….Mr. J. Wilkes Booth.” In very good condition, with scattered staining and soiling, and a few small edge chips and tears.
