Fair Penitent

Title

Fair Penitent
Sprigs of Laurel

Description

This is the earliest dated program in our collection. The location of the performance is unknown, but was likely an early Buffalo playhouse. Amelia Holman Gilfert (Mrs. Gilfert) was considered the first star of the American theater.

Date

1816-07-10

Source

Buffalo Theater and Music Program Collection

Publisher

Buffalo & Erie County Public Library (Publisher of digital)

Rights

Digital image copyright 2019 by the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Images in this collection are not to be used for any commercial purposes without the expressed written permission of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Users of this website are free to utilize material from this collection for non-commercial and educational purposes.

Relation

Digital Collections of the B&ECPL

Type

Text

Format

image/jpeg

Language

Citation

[Buffalo Theatre], “Fair Penitent,” B&ECPL Digital Collections, accessed December 3, 2024, https://digital.buffalolib.org/document/1866.