Theater playbill for the Melodeon Opera Troupe in "The Shaksperean Dramatic Festival" at the Melodeon, Washington, D.C., week of February 8, 1858

Melodeon, late Coombs' Hall, Penn. av. near 10th st. Filled nightly with the elite & fashion. Immense success of the Valentine fairs. Eighth week of the Melodeon Opera Troupe, domprising 13 Star Performers! The Company will appear every evening during the week in new songs, dances, burlesques, pantomimes, and the terrific railroad explosion! With a change of programme nightly. Ho! for a Valentine. Ladies, remember. The Valentine Fairs now being given by the Melodeon Opera Troupe, during which will appear in the first part in white faces. 10000 Valentines of every description, worth from 6 cents to $5 each, will be presented to our patrons during the next two weeks ...To conclude with the original and laughable burlesque, written by E.A. Warden, entitled the "Shaksperean Dramatic Festival!" And finishing with the Railroad excursion and terrific smash up ...