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"Bowery Theatre," New York Commercial Advertiser, 4 Sept. 1839.

BOWERY THEATRE.

THIS EVENING, Sept. 4, will be presented, a new Asiatic Historical Drama, in 4 acts, written expressly for this Theatre, by the late Mrs. Luisa H. Medina Hamblin, authoress of "Il Maledetto," &c., entitled

GIAFAR AL BARMEKI: or, The Fire Worshipers


Haroun al Raschid, caliph of Bagdad . . . . . Mr. Proctor

Giafar al Bameki, his Vizier . . . . . . . . . . . Mr. Barry

Khatoun, Priestess of Mithra,
Fidhel, the Slave, } . . . Mrs. Shaw
The Lost Heir of Ali,

Abassa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. Proctor

To conclude with a new Nautical Melo Drama, in 2 acts,

written expressly for this Theatre, entitled

THE BLACK SCHOONER;

Or, the Pirate Slaver Amistad.

Zembra Cinques, Chief of the Mutineers . . Mr. Proctor

Lazarillo, Overseer of the Slaves . . . . . . . . Mr. Gates

Inez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mrs. Proctor

Doors open at 7 o'clock. Performance commences at 1/4 before 8 o'clock.


Boxes 75 cents; Pit 37 1/3 cts; Gallery 25 cts. sep 4



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