"Playbill" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... great attraction of the night. This was what a seaman would call hitting the public between wind and water: Mr. Cooper therefore poured in a whole broadside of printed notices, which were put into every hand, and a huge playbill, which glared at the corner of every street in letters of elephantine size, informing the public that the distinguished performer already mentioned, had kindly consented to act a principal part in the entertainment of the evening. ...
— The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor - Volume I, Number 1 • Stephen Cullen Carpenter
... Playbill of the English Opera during Balfe's management, supposed to be that of the memorable night when 16l. 4s. was taken, in hard cash, ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, Complete • Various
... herculean labor in concocting this extraordinary playbill, he leaned back in his chair and read and reread it over and over again, to assure himself it was all right. Then with the consciousness that he had done his duty, he lay down to rest for a few hours to recuperate ...
— A Pirate of Parts • Richard Neville
... "Acting Edition Plays." Pp. 2-6 contain the playbill of Manfred "As Performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (under the Management of Messrs. Edmund Falconer and F.B. Chatterton), ...
— The Works of Lord Byron, Vol. 7. - Poetry • George Gordon Byron |
