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Theater playbill for "Therese, the Orphan of Geneva" and "Comet, or, He Would Be an Astronomer" at the Washington Theatre, July 31, 1823

by Edward De Krafft

Theatre. On Thursday Evening, July 31, will be presented a new patheic melo-drama, called "Therese, the Orphan of Geneva" translated by Mr. John Howard Payne, from the French piece of that name, written by Mr. Victor, and performed at the Theatres of Paris and London, with the most distinguished applause ... Between the play and farce, a Sailor's Hornpipe, in character, by Miss H. Hathwell. To conclude with the favorite farce of the "Comet, or, He Would be an Astronomer" ...

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