Theater playbill for "Mazeppa, the Child of the Desert, or,
Theater playbill for "Mazeppa, the Child of the Desert, or, The Wild Tartarian Steed" and "Fortune's Frolic, or, The Use of Riches" at the Washington Theatre, November 7, 1833
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Theatre. The front of the Theatre will be ornamented with a Transparency, representing Mazeppa and the wild horse crossing the savage mountains of Tartary. Tenth night of the grand romantic spectacle of Mazeppa, which continues to be enthusiastically received by full and fashionable audiences, and will be performed every evening, until further notice ... Mr. Harrington, the celebrated Equestrian, has tutored his superb horse Romeo, for the poetical steed, so beautifully described in Lord Byron's well-known poem of Mazeppa. An engagement has been made with the military band, under the direction of Mr. Cuvilier, for the purpose of giving effect to the grand processions and marches of Mazeppa. Thursday, Nov. 7, 1833, will be presented, with entirely new scenery, music, dresses, decorations, properties, banners, &c. the grand equestrian melo-drmatic spectacle, of "Mazeppa the Child of the Desert, or, The Wild Tartarian Steed" Performed a great number of successive nights, at the principal theatres in America, with unbounded applause. The scenery by Mr. Isherwood, and assistants. The machinery, by Messrs. McMillan, Narden, and assistants. The Overture, by Auber. Director of the music, Mr. Parnell ... Charateristic Pas Seul, by Miss Hathwell. Song: My Long Tail'd Blue, by Mr. Burns. Previous to the spectacle will be acted, the laughable farce, of "Fortune's Frolic, or, The Use of Riches" ... Friday, 11th night of Mazeppa.
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