S W Wetmore, Christmas at Illinois State Penitentiary, Programme, 1878

S W Wetmore, Christmas at Illinois State Penitentiary, Programme, 1878 PROGRAMME "All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players, They have their exits, and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts." Shakespeare [1] Cambridge Comedy Company and Tom Stevens Prison Orchestra The Performance will commence with the Beautiful Comedietta Entitled the Rough Diamond [2] Margery - Blanche Webster Lady Plato Miss Jessie Crisp Sir William - W. A. Lavalle Capt Blenheim - H. Mortimer Lord Plato - W. Stuart Cousin Joe - Frank Hartwell To be followed by the Roaring Irish Farce Paddy Miles' Boy [3] Paddy Miles - Frank Hartwell Doct. Coates - W. Stuart Henry Coates - H. Mortimer Job - W. A. Lavalle Jane - Blanche Webster Mrs. Fidget - Jennie Crisp And to conclude the latest and most successful Negro Farce The Coming Man Lollypop - Frank Hartwell Brannegan - W. Stuart Charley - H. Mortimer Annie - Blanche Webster Admission as usual. Trade dollars taken at par. Free list suspended. Writer S W Wetmore Sidney W Wetmore Date written 1878-12-25 Paper cm x cm in x in Edison Electric Pen Penmanship Style Cursive Backhand Manuscript, print Collection Image courtesy of Bill Burns, Electricpen.org [4] Links The Thomas A Edison Papers [5] Links for S (Sidney) W Wetmore Merry Xmas and happy new year [[6]] Christmas programme key [[7]] Our penal institutions, life in a great prison (photos and article) [[8]] Joliet Prison photograph collection, ca. 1889-1895 [9] Imprisoned anarchists: Fielden; Schwab; Neebe. [10] Behind the bars at Joliet : a peep at a prison, its history and its mysteries [11][12] Prison Photography text [[13]] Gentle spirit drawing, from The Thomas Edison Papers [[14]] Additional examples of Edison Electric Pen writing Thomas Alva Edison Papers, Daily Electric Letter, Vol I, No. 39, 1877 J U Mackenzie, Receipt to Valentine Marsh, 1878 Edison Electric Pen Electricpen.org[15] Thomas Edison's early drawings of electric pen, 1875, Courtesy of The Thomas Edison Papers, Rutgers University [[16]] [[17]] Rough Transcription of Edison's Autographic Press Caveat No 2. October 2-3, 1875 [[18]] History of Edison Electric Pen Predecessor of Edison's Electric Pen, Samuel Huffman's Puncturing Machine, 1866 [[19]] Edison et al v Klaber, copyright infringment case, 1889 [[20]] File name Wetmore S W 18xx-0x-0x