Thursday, July 21st, Friday, 22nd, & Saturday. 23rd, 1836 will be performed (fifth, sixth and seventh times at this theatre) an entirely new opera, in two acts, with new & magnificent scenery, machinery and transformations, entitled The rose of the Alhambra or, The enchanted lute. The overture and the whole of the music composed by De Pinna ... To conclude with, (in consequence of the roars of laughter with which it has been received) the favorite comic opera of The pet of the petticoats the music composed by Mr. John Barnett.

Record ID: 
403285
Accession number: 
PMC 1140
Title: 
Thursday, July 21st, Friday, 22nd, & Saturday. 23rd, 1836 will be performed (fifth, sixth and seventh times at this theatre) an entirely new opera, in two acts, with new & magnificent scenery, machinery and transformations, entitled The rose of the Alhambra or, The enchanted lute. The overture and the whole of the music composed by De Pinna ... To conclude with, (in consequence of the roars of laughter with which it has been received) the favorite comic opera of The pet of the petticoats the music composed by Mr. John Barnett.
Published: 
[London] : S.G. Fairbrother, printer, Exeter Court, Strand, 1836.
Credit Line: 
Purchased on the Cary Fund in 1998.
Notes: 

Principal performers in Rose of the Alhambra: Miss Shirref and Mr. Wilson; includes a list of the musical numbers and the scenery changes, as well as a full cast list.
Also on the bill: "In obedience to the many enquiries at the box-office for a repetition of the extraordinary performances of the juvenile professors of the violin & violoncello, Masters Viotti & Lindley Collins, these English artists will play several admired pieces, accompanied by their father, who has justly acquired the title of the English Paganini. A trial of skill, John Bull, versus Ole Bull."
Performers in The pet of the petticoats: Mr. Hemming, Mr. J. Bland, Mr. Bannister, Mrs. Fitzwilliam, Mr. Oxberry, Mr. W. Bennett, Mr. Sanders and others.
At foot of sheet are descriptions of upcoming performances, including The married bachelor and House room!, or, The dishonored bill.

Associated names: 

Fairbrother, S. G. (Samuel Glover), active 1823-1855, printer.